I am very proud to be celebrating Crocker Nurseries’ 50th year in business. Today’s nursery, which spreads across 7 acres, has gotten here from gradual expansion and renovation since I first started to clear the land in 1975. The idea of the nursery originated when I was in college with my then wife, Vicki Crocker. […]
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Just in from the West Coast! We continue to get shipments in through the fall because fall is a great time to plant! We just received an order from the West Coast of some beautiful evergreens and gorgeous Japanese Maple trees. This is one of our largest shipments of Japanese Maples of the year as