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Columbus Day Weekend Sale! Fall is a great time to plant! Warm soil temperatures and cooler fall days help plants get established so they are ready to perform next spring! Our trees and shrubs have been well cared for this season and are ready to be planted. We also have had several shipments of fresh …
Download the Items for this Lesson: Download Plant Lists Download Design Challenge Paper Congratulations, if you have gotten this far, you have completed all the lessons of the Landscaping Design Basics course. Here are the things you have learned: You have learned to draw out your areas on graph paper and figure out how much …
Download the Plant Guide for the Lesson: DOWNLOAD PLANT GUIDE This lesson will cover the use of annuals, perennials and grasses in the landscape. Each one of these subjects could have a lesson of its own, but we are going to show how these three categories of plants can greatly enhance what you have started …
LESSON 6 | Using Perennials, Annuals and Grasses Read More »
In this lesson, we are going to go over color: which colors go well with one another, how to repeat colors in a landscape to balance and look harmonious and how to place flowering plants strategically so you get the best use of color over the different seasons. First we will start with the color …
Everyone is drawn to flowers. If you have a number of “impulse buys” in your yard, they are more than likely flowering plants. We are going to talk about flowers and flowering shrubs and trees in the next lesson, but in this lesson we are going to get you to look more closely at foliage texture and …
In this next lesson we will go over the layout of plants and how to frame structures. The correct placement of trees and shrubs can enhance your property by framing the buildings and directing your viewpoint. Improperly placed trees and shrubs can do the very opposite- blocking buildings or viewpoints and misdirecting your access around …
LESSON 3 | How to Layout Plants in a Bed and Frame Structures Read More »
The subject we are going to go over in this lesson is spacing. How much room do you put between plants? How much room do you put between plants and structures, plants and overhead wires, plants and streets? You are probably wondering why one lesson is devoted to just this subject. The reason for this …
LESSON 2 | Spacing of Plants in your Landscape Design Read More »
In this lesson, we are going to go over how to get started. It is very important to be able to observe carefully what the conditions are in your yard or garden. Very often people rush to add or change things without really looking at how things are at the start. Sometimes it can be …
Landscape design can seem like a confusing subject but it is actually a complex subject, consisting of many different and connected parts. There are a lot of separate basics that have to be considered all at once. However, when you take one piece of information at a time and learn it and can apply it, …
This winter we will be providing a course on Landscape Design Basics online for free! What better way to spend your winter than designing your garden for Spring. We will be doing one lesson a week starting January 21st. If you are already on our email list, you will automatically get the emailed lessons, not …