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To design gardens that light up shady spots in summer, try landscaping with drifts of shade-loving flowers that bloom after the main burst of early season color fades.

To design gardens that shine in shade from spring to frost, fill your beds and borders with perennials that bloom in fall as well as plants for spring and summer.

These hardy, evergreen perennials have become one of the most popular garden plants in recent years.

There's something in a garden theme nursery or bedroom for both boys and girls. Parents can either dial up the butterflies and flowers, or accentuate the outdoor bugs.

Many gardeners want to enjoy time in the garden with a dog. Here is a guide to design flowerbeds that protects plants and man's best friend.

Design and planning is essential in order to have a beautiful and bountiful desert garden. Read about principles of design and maintenance of your desert garden.

Now is the time to start thinking about how to incorporate herbs into your holiday celebrations. Learn how to make the most from your herbal harvest.

A visitor's first impression of a garden comes through the sense of sight. But well-designed landscapes often offer more than eye candy - they engage all the senses.

The core of Derek Fell's book "Encyclopedia of Garden Design and Structure" is an information bank of garden landscape photos, but the introduction is its foundation.

Starting the first garden in your new home. Basic design considerations including how much time you want to put into the garden for chores, use of the garden and water considerations.

Garden designs that use the ancient art of Feng Shui to bring balance and harmony to your outdoor living space.

A review of "An Encyclopedia of Garden Design and Structure: Ideas and Inspiration for Your Garden" by Derek Fell, over 800 photographs of landscape elements from A to W.

Although most gardeners are ready for a break as winter approaches, the garden does not have to be lackluster during the winter months. Simple ideas can add interest.

Visitors may see this authentic Japanese landscaped garden and indulge in tea ceremonies at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, CA, on short road trips south of San Francisco.

Specializing in xeric landscapes and water-wise plants, High Country Gardens has several perennials and lawn alternatives. See how High Country Gardens ranked.

Climate change has increased rainfall in the UK, causing severe floods in the north west. Garden design using green roofs, porous paving and planting can reduce this.

Organic gardeners can shop for garden and landscape software that allows them to plan an entire garden design at once, avoiding piecemeal mistakes.

Design gardens that look great with a minimum of care by using low-growing ground covers to replace lawn and reduce maintenance throughout your landscape.

Rain Gardens lower landscape maintenance time and costs while filtering and infiltrating water to improve water quality.

The Royal Horticultural Society offers gardeners of all skill levels a collection of information and advice in this practical guide to garden design.

Every white garden or moon garden needs white flowered shrubs, either as a surrounding hedge or within the garden itself as an accent. Consider some of these!

Making a garden is fun, but even more satisfying is deciding on a whole site master plan using permaculture principles of organic garden design for an environmentally sus

A simple garden design can be given a finishing touch with structures, hardscapes and ornament. Learn how to use these elements effectively for a pleasing outside space.

Combine landscape design principles with regionally adapted plants to personalize the sterile outside of a building with one's unique perspective on beauty and form.

John Tradescant the Elder was an early 17th century plant hunter and botanist who made a name for himself as a plantsman and an innovative garden designer.

Thomas Jefferson's winding walk flower garden at Monticello, the home and garden he designed in Virginia, demonstrate the transition between gardening styles.

You can plant clematis for stunning effects in almost any garden aspect or site, and a small selection of these flowering climbers will give year-round garden colour.

These stunning climbers are among the most useful and versatile of all garden plants. Planting a selection of clematis will give abundant bloom from January to December.

Making a butterfly friendly garden is one of the easiest first steps into wildlife gardening. It can add to the enjoyment of your garden and help butterfly conservation.

A gardening book that highlights garden planning, design, plant selection and special techniques shared by some of the top gardeners in America.

Successful flower gardeners use both art and science to achieve their flower garden design goals, no matter what their garden style. You can, too.

Welcome, flower gardeners! (Part 2) Introducing Barbara Martin’s new Flower Gardens: future flower gardening articles, advice, how-to tips, techniques, new flower varieti

Keep a garden journal as a garden record, reference and resource full of factual information but pack it full of personal garden design ideas and inspiration, too.

Climbing and rambling roses are hardy, easy to grow, and look spectacular on a garden trellis or pergola or scrambling up a tree, with flowers in a huge range of colours.

A garden style can lend a bright, cheery, and relaxed atmosphere to a room. Best of all, it's one of the easiest and most inexpensive decorating themes around.

The following highlighted garden may inspire you to create a sunken garden like the famous Butchart Garden in British Columbia - with a tropical landscape twist.

April: Landscaping at Suite101 "Link of the Month." Away.com offers an archive of travel photographs that includes galleries devoted to international garden landscapes.

By planting less appealing landscape materials and using creative deer-startling effects, gardeners are more likely to thwart this common beast.

Part two of putting a garden into a new home. American Gardens generally include lawn, flowerbeds and patios and walks.

Save money by planting seeds rather than seedlings. Wildflowers, Lupine, and California Poppy seeds can be an inexpensive start to a beautiful garden.

Rain Gardening in the South: Ecologically Designed Gardens for Drought, Deluge and Everything in Between is written by Horticulturalists, Helen Kraus and Anne Spafford.

Planting your first flower garden from scratch is exciting – and a challenge! Start out right with this simple guide to selecting the best possible site for your garden.

Increase the enjoyment of your garden by designing a better lay out to please all five senses -- touch, taste, smell, hearing and of course, sight!

In garden designs, evergreen and flowering shrubs, in their huge variety, offer an ideal backdrop for other garden plants. Many can give year round colour and interest.

Attractive, easy to install and maintain, and available in a wonderful range of classical and modern designs, a sundial can enhance any garden or patio.

Wave® petunias provide inexpensive and eye-catching design solutions. Develop and complete a project in one weekend using these planning tips. Photos provided.

From flowering climbers and shrub roses to ground cover and patio plants, the different types of roses come in a wonderful variety of shapes and colours.

Old-fashioned cottage gardens can be a treasured addition to a home and will deliver charms and delights season after season, with some attention to details.

Join thousands of Madridleños dressed for show on their Sunday paseo through Madrid's beautiful Retiro Park.

Escape from the frenetic pace of the rat-race in one of Madrid's many public parks or gardens