Table of Contents
Introduction 9
1 Garden Design And Artful Accents 13
1 Visualization 101 17
2 What's the Goal? 18
3 The Sum Is More Than Its Parts 21
4 The Graceful Sweep of a Curve 22
5 Hide and Reveal The Mystery of the Unseen 25
6 The Principle of Three Depths 26
7 Find the Power Spot 28
8 Framing a Garden 29
9 Blend Light and Shadow 30
10 Have a Seal Adirondack Chairs 33
11 East-Direction of Growth and Renewal 34
12 Respect the Genius of the Place 37
13 Capture the View Beyond 38
14 Mushrooms and Staddle Stones 39
15 Power of the Portal 40
16 Soften a Corner 43
17 Watch Our for Runway Lights 44
18 Re-Re-Repetition in the Landscape 47
19 A Window in the Garden 48
20 Rustic Elegance in a Wooded Landscape 51
21 Irresistible Lookouts 52
22 Show Off That Rock! 55
23 Planter in a Bed 56
24 Tricking the Eye 59
25 Reclaim an Old Metal Gate 60
26 Why We Love Rounded Forms in the Garden 63
27 The Intriguing Dry Stream 64
28 Yin and Yang in the Garden 67
29 Accessorizing Your Garden with Pot Feet 68
30 The Long View 71
31 Exolamation Points Columnar Plants, Pillars, and Poles 72
32 Placing a Water Cascade Elevate and Set Back 75
33 Circles in the Landscape 76
34 Rain Chains 78
35 The Lure of the Sheltered Carrier 79
36 Artful Accents-Where in Place Them? 81
37 Pooling and Channeling 82
38 Move the Furniture 85
39 Have Fun with Stones 86
40 Garden Making Advice From a Zen Master 88
2 Walls, Patios, Walks, And Steps 90
41 How Big a Patio Do You Needs? 93
42 Make the Steps the Show 95
43 The 3. 4. 5 Rate For 90-Degree Corners 96
44 A Raised Walkway for Soggy Ground 97
45 Edging Makes the Different 99
46 Meet and Greet 100
47 Rounded Steps 102
48 Planking Pattern A Modern Touch 105
49 Punctuate with a Brick Border 106
50 Cedar Log Steps 109
51 Enhance the Public Face of Your House 110
52 Outdoor Steps-Wider and Lower 112
53 Cap That Wall 113
54 Why We Love Niches 115
55 Setting Stepping Stones 116
56 Make Mine Herringbone 119
57 A Connoisseur of Stone Walls 120
3 Theme Gardens 123
58 Cupid's Garden 125
59 Remember the Pollinators 127
60 A Stroll Garden 128
61 A Rock Crevice Garden 131
62 More Kitchen Gardens, Please 132
63 Hydrangea Madness 135
64 Whimsy? Why Not? 136
65 Late the Moonlight 139
66 Food for the Nose 140
67 A Garden of the Five Senses 143
68 Celebrate the Rocks 144
69 Birdscaping with Berried Plants 147
70 Medicinal Garden, Anyone? 148
71 Tropical Splash 151
72 Ferny Woodland 152
73 A Cottage Garden 155
74 A Garden for a Small Space 156
75 Everyday "Art" in the Garden 159
4 Color In The Garden 160
76 Try Some Yellow and Call Me in the Morning 165
77 Why White? 166
78 In Love with Orange 169
79 A Matter of Sunlight 172
80 A Pop of Red 175
81 One-Color Gardens and Planters 176
82 Inventive and Creative Green 179
83 See the Basics 180
84 The Mystery of a Blue Gate 183
85 Pink and Purple A Dynamic Duo 184
86 The Sound of Flowers 187
87 Match That Loaf! 188
88 Burnished Colors of Late Autumn 191
89 Accent on White and Green 192
90 The Siren Call of Bhie Evergreens 195
91 Vibrant Display Ideas for Fall 196
92 Playing with Colors 199
93 Paint it Black 200
5 Plants And Planting 203
94 Why We Garden 207
95 Bottlebrush Buckeye 208
96 A Foliage Tapestry 211
97 Russian Sage Plays Well with Others 212
98 Cool Season versus Warm Season Grasses 215
99 Butterfly Weed-So Important 216
100 Rosette Patterns Grab the Eye 219
101 The Lovely Smokebush 220
102 The Life of the World 222
103 Stepped Hedges for a Sloping Site 223
104 Lamb's Ear-Beautiful and Useful 224
105 The Gift of the Gardenia 225
106 Cloud Pruning 227
107 Snowflake Oakleaf Hydrangea 228
108 A Lot of a Little 231
109 Embrace the Moss 232
110 Plants in the Front Row 235
111 The Purple Persian Shield 236
112 Lifting the Canopy 239
113 Tall Verbena-An Airy Nonstop Bloomer 240
114 Fine Textures for Fine Gardens 243
115 The Sunflower The Fourth Sister 244
116 Sunlight Therapy 247
117 Mix and Match Sedum 248
118 Playful Mounds 251
119 In Praise of Coleus 252
120 Planting by the Moon 255
121 Anchors in the Landscape 256
122 Tiger Eyes® Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac 259
123 Love Your Slope 260
124 Dragon's Eye Pine 263
125 Angelina Stonecrop-A Garden Workhorse 264
126 It's All About the Soil 267
127 Versatile Ornamental Onion 268
128 Go for the Bark 271
129 The Delicate Beauty of the Laceleaf Japanese Maple 272
130 Feathery Celosia 275
131 A Shape, a Volume, an Arabesque 276
132 A Sparkling Groundcover-'Beacon Silver' Dead Nettle 278
133 Light as Air-Spider Flower 279
134 'Mellow Yellow' Spirea 281
135 Ligularia 'Britt-Marie Grawford' 282
Index 284
