Garden Planning & Design
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  Do More with Less Lawn
Shrinking your lawn can be both beneficial and beautiful. Here are 5 garden designs that help you lose some lawn.
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  Garden Design
From plants to paths — design your dream garden.
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  Edible Landscaping
Vegetables and fruits don't need to be hidden away in a back bed - include edibles all throughout your landscape for both flavor AND beauty.
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  Garden Design
From plants to paths — design your dream garden.
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  Plant This, Not That!
We share some of our favorite native alternatives to popular ornamental plants.
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  Replacing a Thirsty Lawn With a Drought-Tolerant Garden
Learn how one Los Angeles family created a front yard that looks beautiful, tolerates drought, and welcomes pollinators and neighbors.
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  Designing Gardens — and a Gardening Career
Meet Kerry Ann Mendez, an award-winning garden designer, speaker, and author at Perennially Yours, LLC.
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  How to Choose a Solar Garden Light
Solar-powered lights are an increasingly popular choice for garden lighting — they're affordable, easy to install, and easy to relocate.
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  Fill Garden Gaps with Outdoor Decor
Flowers are the stars of the garden, but lighting, ornaments, and other garden decor can bring personality and pizzazz when plants are dormant.
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  Fabulous Fall-Blooming Plants
Move over mums! Freshen up your garden with fall-blooming native plants.
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  Saved! A Front Yard Vegetable Garden in Quebec
New front yard vegetable gardens are sprouting up all over, and gardeners are finding themselves championing causes beyond fresh broccoli and sun-ripened tomatoes.
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  Designing Gardens — and a Gardening Career
Meet Kerry Ann Mendez, an award-winning garden designer, speaker, and author at Perennially Yours, LLC.
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  Design a Garden For Lavender
With the right soil, you can design a "dry garden" and grow beautiful lavender just about anywhere.
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  Create a Garden Path
Where there's a will, make a path. Our step-by-step guide to making your own garden path.
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  20 Terrific Plants for Winter Landscapes
Winter doesn't have to be bleak and colorless! There are many carefree shrubs that bring texture and color to the winter landscape.
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  Start a Community Garden
Community gardens unite neighbors on a common plot of land over a shared love of fresh flowers and produce.
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  How To Design A Goth Garden
Do you prefer moody moss over sappy sunflowers? Are you more creepy chic than cottagecore cute?
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  Yes, You Can Garden As A Renter
Don't own your home but still want a garden? Here are some easy ways to make your garden movable.
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  How To Design a Moon Garden
Fragrance, foliage, flowers, and soft lighting keeps the garden inviting, even into the evening hours.
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  Color Schemes for Flower Gardens
Not an artist? That's ok!
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  Pollinator Garden Plan: Bees
This garden design, featuring calendula, black-eyed Susan, and garden thyme, creates a colorful and fragrant oasis for bees.
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  Be Bold! Grow Vegetables in Your Front Yard!
Upgrading your front yard to a vegetable garden is sure to raise a few eyebrows, but if you do it right, you'll impress the skeptics.
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  Small Gardens with BIG Attitudes
Create a masterpiece worthy of a garden magazine's cover shot - even in a small space. Follow these tips for a small, standout garden.
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  Don't Hide Your Veggies
Learn how to design a vegetable garden that showcases the plants and invites exploration.