Timeless Landscape Design

Topics in this episode:  . Solving problems in your garden and cultivating health? Elderberry is the plant for you! . The native Sambucus Americana is a fantastic plant to help mother nature fulfill its duty in your garden by providing nectar for pollinators. . It also provides the humans around it with both Flowers and Berrys. . It also comes in several colors such as champagne lemony Lace . Experiment with elderflower champagne and with elderberry wine! Cheers!

Topics in this episode:    . Deciduous benefits for summer shade and winter sun . Flamingo Box Elder Acer negundo 'Flamingo' . Japanese Maples, a marvelous diversity . Full moon Japanese Maple . Research your particular zone..read about your heat/cold tolerance in your community and purchase your plants accordingly! Cheers! 

Great choices for Hip & Cool Garden Plants are covered in this 8 part series designed to add a little zip to your summer garden! Dovecote is the teaching garden design lab and home to The Garden Talk Salon at Dargan Landscape Architects.  Topics in this episode:  . Accent trees small, medium and large . Evergreen & deciduous . Purposeful planting- solve a problem! . Cornus kousa’wolfeyes’ . Picea orientalis ‘Skagit or Gaudi’ Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Choosing your greenhouse wisely. . The Master Gardener program is a fabulous way to learn how to grow!    Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . What is soil blocking as a technique? . Why is it sustainable? . Watch out for the power it takes to run a seat that heating unit!   Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . What to do when your seed packs get wet? . Persevere! Keep your fingers crossed…  . And keep on planting proceeds  Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Reading a planting guide in a seed catalog… All the different information can be overwhelming, so think about the three categories of plants you’re using. Get to learn the personalities of your vegetables! Cheers!

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Non-GMO, heritage seeds are the best for your health and for Mother Nature . The categories of plants to choose… . Permanent plantings or perennial vegetables Cheers!

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! You want convenient good produce close at hand, fresh air, get some exercise and meet a community of like-minded gardeners. It’s a lot easier than you ever imagined… Happy gardening!  Topics in this episode:  . Soil for raised beds value-priced $1.25 versus $6.95… Read the label and watch out for over improved soil!    . Add and goodies such as biochar, dry molasses, alfalfa meal, feather meal…   . Earthworms! Cheers!

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! Topics in this episode:  . Soil for raised beds value-priced $1.25 versus $6.95… Read the label and watch out for over improved soil!  . Add and goodies such as biochar, dry molasses, alfalfa meal, feather meal… Organic opportunities are endless in today’s markets. . Earthworms! Cheers! 

Design your vegetable garden to rock your life! Topics in this episode:  . The adoption process: your new spot or community garden! . Shade versus sun, damp versus dry… Check out your environment. . Good design makes it perform year round and look great. . Build it, square it and get an electric screwdriver if building raised beds! Cheers! 

Refining your design using art elements and design principles!  . Why art elements and design principles are so useful! . The art elements: Line, color, form, texture  . The design principles: focalization, repetition, Axial geometry, balance, asymmetry, and more! Cheers! 

Destinations and border zones… Pathways and linkages! . Editing and seamlessly sculpting your destination desires  . The terrace border and its design  . The string of pearls concept of the circular connected pathway for service and amusement  Cheers! 

How to design a fountain into your perimeter space! . Sizes and types of fountains that I like  . The great lawn and its connection to the perimeter seating area  . Other elements to consider in designing the perimeter  Cheers! 

Demystifying perimeter spaces for use and delight! . Appropriate sizes for perimeters close to the back door for entertaining or relaxing  . Types of paving  . Elements to consider that might be part  of your perimeter… An exercise in editing your wish list  Cheers!