Comments on: Building a Garden

By: Barbee'

Barbee' — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:53:36 +0000

This is an excellent post! Remind them: A garden is a process, not an end. Congratulations on writing such a fine post.

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By: megan

megan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:15:07 +0000

Thanks James. I think the act of buying all the random crap is the best part. I have a few specific ideas when I shop for plants, but the majority of stuff I buy is based on cool things I didn’t expect to find. I love the aha moment when you find something that fits a gap. And there are the times I have to wander around looking for a spot that fails to materialize. Sometimes those plants become gifts for my mom or a neighbor, but they still crystalize my vision, when I realize I just don’t have a home for dwarf conifers. Once you get rolling, as you well know, you feel free to try ideas out. It always breaks my heart a little when people feel like they have to find the “right” answer, and end up with a lonely row of roses.

By: James | Double Danger

James | Double Danger — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:48:32 +0000

GREAT post. I think we will share it with our folks over at double d. Where is the part where you just buy a bunch of random crap and then get home and you blow your plan out of the water???!? Vital to any great garden.

Or does that fall under #8?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:36:06 +0000

That’s a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out explanation of garden planning.

My plan is to pull at least some of the weeds before I buy anything new. Hummingbirds are zipping through the Japanese maple this morning, lovely chartreuse at this stage, and for structure, Dracula the Squirrel is hanging upside down on the bird feeder.

By: jeff-naturehills

jeff-naturehills — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:29:21 +0000

I have had the same question posed to me. Our garden looks the way it does due to many years of planting and transplanting, and my wife’s eye for plant placement. Helping a friend design is one thing but designing a garden for them is difficult.