Garden design lessons from the High Line, New York City
Design My Garden recently visited New York’s famously inventive High Line, a public park that has been made over from a defunct, elevated...
Small Trees for Small Spaces
A small tree is a great addition to even a small garden because it draws the eye upward, giving the illusion of space. Here are 8 trees to t
Elements of Japanese garden design
There are four essential elements (rocks, water, plants, and ornament) and five garden design principles (asymmetry, enclosure, borrowed...
Garden design lessons from ‘Old Master’ landscape painters
‘Old Masters’ were landscape painters in the period 1600 to 1800. Painting landscapes was a pan-European art movement, in part motivated...
The 10 best garden design books
If you’d like to learn more about garden design, here are our “Top 10” picks for design books. Many are not new, but thanks to the...
Why the best time to design a garden is in the bleak midwinter
Plant in near-ground, mid-ground, and back ground to make a garden more interesting. Add upright shrubs to break a horizontal feeling. Add c
Over-planting a garden design costs you money
Recently, we were called by a client in Oakville with zero gardening experience. She and her family had moved to Oakville and bought a...
Want fall-flowering perennials? Build them into a great garden design
Let’s face it: most gardeners are starved for spring flowers, many of which are bulbs. Spring flowers give way to summer-flowering...
PART 1: Design a garden with just colourful foliage (full and partial sun)
Flowers are great and many gardeners live for flowers. We love flowers, too, and we suggest that if you have a very small garden or want...
Our first garden design is installed
It's hard to say who was more excited at seeing the garden we designed in Summer 2015 installed and ready for enjoyment in May 2016. ...
