Design for real life

 

With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, recognize how much time and effort you have to devote to your landscape and select appropriate plant materials. Perennials such as daylilies, catmint, salvia, and ornamental grasses are essentially maintenance-free with little to no watering required once established.
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Create Interest with Curves

Curves are much more appealing to the eye than straight lines. So give your sidewalk garden an extra bit of pizzazz with flowing curves. Here, the strip of turf between the street and the garden helps set off the planting wonderfully. And it gives folks a place to step when they get out of their cars. If your area is big enough, you could also do the same thing between the planting and the sidewalk.
Here's a tip: Install landscape edging between your border and the turf to keep grass from creeping into your beds.

Pay Attention to Light

Light makes colors and textures come alive. Place trees and shrubs with colored foliage along an east-west line so they can benefit from the backlighting of a rising or setting sun. Use artificial lighting to produce soft pools of brightness at dusk; you will be amazed at how an ordinary garden can be transformed into a magical night garden with just a few strategically placed lights.
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