THE ROGUE GARDEN: Brent’s Test Kitchen Hey! All you hoity toity landscape designers—this blog’s for you! When my professional landscape design friends come to my home garden for the first time, they are usually thrown off balance by what they see: there are pots and containers everywhere. I constantly rescue or buy plants to try…
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Right-Sizing Your Garden and Saving Water
Right-sizing your Garden and Saving Water By Deana Rae McMillion, Garden Enthusiast and Master Gardener Right-sizing our gardens in order to reduce water usage is imperative. Just taking out your lawn isn’t necessarily the answer. Many people who do remove their lawns aren’t doing the necessary research and are planting water thirsty plants or invasive…
Top Your Pot with Tumbled Terracotta
TOP YOUR POT WITH TUMBLED TERRACOTTA You have a beautiful citrus tree and a beautiful pot, together making a perfect statement piece, but maybe there’s something to make it even better from a design standpoint and for water conservation. Design professionals typically use under-planting to finish the look of a tree or tall plant in…
