When planning a new garden, getting the layout right pays dividends immediately and over the long term. A good garden layout makes the space more attractive and functional and can help reduce time ...
Gardens are outdoor rooms. Like the rooms in our home, garden "rooms" can shine from a good basic design. Winter is the perfect time to start planning for your 2021 garden. Start by creating a garden ...
Deciding to plant a garden is the easy part. The planning process, however, may leave novice gardeners with more than a few questions. Now is the best time to start looking for answers. Even though ...
A private garden need only please its owner; after all, taste is very individual. But while beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, there are some basic garden design principles to keep in mind. An ...
Large journeys begin as small steps, and that’s certainly the case with landscape design. Most of us look at a plot of bare ground as a big mass of empty space. The idea of turning it into an ...
Drag-and-drop to plan, design, and manage your vegetable garden–and its harvest. As someone who gets itchy (green) thumbs around mid-winter,PlanGarden sounds like my dream software. Starting with a ...
A free workshop on basic garden design is being offered by the Butte County Master Gardeners 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Pat’s Barn at the Patrick Ranch Museum, on the Midway between Chico an Durham.