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Vegetable Garden Design
The standard vegetable garden most of us visualize requires little, if any, design per se. It is normally nothing more than a rectangular area plowed out of the earth that is level with surrounding soil....
Southern Garden Design
Houston is a unique year round southern garden Houston is a unique style of the southern garden because of our location to the Gulf coast. Our climate is a mixture of the hot humid south...
Green Garden Design
“Green” is an interesting word these days. It, of course, still means the primary color green. However, recently it has taken on the new meaning of being ecologically helpful, prudent and sustainable. Within the context...
French Garden Design
French garden gardens use the same of geometry and symmetry that André Le Nôtre established in the 17th Century. The Lodge at Versailles had originally been a quite retreat used for royal hunts, but Le...
Parterre Garden Design
A parterre garden is a type of formal garden created by 16th Century French nursery designer Claude Mollet. Mollet based his design on the square boundaries and elaborate interior patterns of English knot gardens. However,...
Knot Gardens
In a knot garden, low-growth plants intertwine in intricate patterns that resemble embroidered stitch work or knots. They were developed during the English Renaissance at the time of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare. It...
Zen Garden Designs
Zen gardens are very unique landscaping designs that are also known as “Japanese Rock Gardens.” The word “Zen” means “dry” and the Japanese word for this type of garden is karesansui, meaning dry landscape. Consisting...
Small Garden Design
The small garden design begins and ends with thoughtful, precise planning. However, small does not mean limited. A small garden design can still deliver a huge “wow” factor. Small Garden Design: The ProblemsA small garden...
Japanese Garden Design
A Japanese Garden is full of mystery, nature and serenity. Just as landscape gardens of the West followed historic points of reference such as Classical Garden Design, Traditional Garden Design, English Garden Design on up...