Garden design plans

Gallery of natural history, natural science, and sciart illustrations of grardens and gardening techniques by Lizzie Harper; including many step by steps

I paid a local landscape design professional to create a landscape design plan for our property that sits on one acre in Zone 8.

There are a few apps that you can use to help with your landscape design. Landscapes have the ability to create an inviting and comfortable space for people of all ages, no matter what their physical abilities may be.

A woodland wildlife garden is the best environmental choice for garden design. Ecologically, a woodland garden using native plants will help to restore native flora and fauna in our urban and suburban areas that are being over run with non-native, exotic plants that are damaging our environment. Here is a design plan complete with a plant list so that everyone can help to save our environment one garden at a time.

Design The Perfect Backyard

Learn how to plan a basic landscape design with new plants and features. Our guide is packed with beginner tips and information to help you begin. #springgardenideas #landscapeideas #gardeningadvice #howtogrow #indoorflowers #plantparenttips #thespruce

It’s tempting to go straight to picking plants without giving much thought to designing a garden layout for your entire yard. But, choosing plants is usually the very LAST step when you lay out a garden plan. It can be a daunting task to design a garden layout or garden plan, especially if you don’t have a landscape design degree. In this beginner-friendly step by step guide, I’ll give you all of the steps you need to plant for peace and privacy so you can finally get your dream garden.

For the longest time now, I’ve had my heart set on a non-neutral color for the exterior of my house. I’ve had my eye on either light yellow (which I tested out on my house in this post), and then I thought about a really light bluish aqua color (like the house at the end...

Unlock the art of landscape design: Learn the six most important rules to create the perfect landscape design for your backyard.

Planning a vegetable garden but all you have room for is a 10 x 10 space? You might be surprised by what you can grow. Here are sample garden plans for your smaller garden

Image 8 of 12 from gallery of 150 North Riverside / Goettsch Partners. Site Plan

Though I officially learned planting design in college, I didn't begin my real education until I began creating my own garden. These are a collection of tips I've learned over the last twenty years in both capacities. If you'd like more information on some of these tips please check out these posts: Drawing Tree Forms Make Your Garden Pop with Texture Texture in the Garden I hope to expand on additional tips in the future...so keep a look out for those. I'd love to hear your planting design…