Outdoors
In this entry garden, vertical lattice paneling is aligned on center with the axis of the pathway and frames a tall, elegant, planted urn. Together, the screening and the container help protect the interior seating area from view, although you can catch just enough of a hint of what's inside to explore further.
Vertical panels in a square lattice pattern protect a side yard from view. I love the beefy posts and lathing as well as the dark teal stain, making this solution people and plant friendly. For those within this space, it's nice to glimpse neighborhood activity on the sidewalk or street without feeling exposed
When each bed is planted with a different species, it makes crop rotation easy. Simply plant potatoes, onions, legumes and brassicas in separate raised beds and rotate them so that the same type of plant is not in the same bed for three additional years. This keeps the soil fertile and helps protect plants from diseases and pests organically.
Add to Ideabook by Blythe Interiors by Blythe Interiors 8. Cover your walkways. Placing rugs in hallways is a rule of thumb used by design professionals to warm up those otherwise neglected spaces. This same rule can be applied to your outdoor patio. If you have a narrow walkway connecting two areas of your patio or deck, adding a rug (or more than one, as shown here) brings warmth and interest.
Bring in the Shade Time required: For setting up one large umbrella or a pop-up tent, less than an hour. For a more permanent structure like shade sails, permanent concrete footings can be involved and it can take a few days. Starting budget: Find a 95-inch umbrella at West Elm for $125; the stand is sold separately for $58. A larger umbrella transforms this space, providing a temporary
Add Plant Racks Time required: 1 hour, including time to pot the plants. Starting budget: This curvy plant rack from Target is $64. Pick up terra-cotta pots for a few dollars and some herbs for a few more. If you don't have much space around the edges for planting, add a rack or two to fill with potted plants.
Fill the Edges with Exuberant Plants Time required: 1 day. Starting budget: I recently found a 3.5-gallon Endless Summer Blue Hydrangea at Lowe's for $30. If you keep your eyes open, you can find 2.5 gallon shrubs for around $15, and perennials and annuals for just a few dollars. Perennials, annuals and shrubs enliven the patio and transform the color pale
Thriller: Fairy Tails Feathergrass (Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails') Spiller: Marnier's Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe marnieriana) Filler: April Gruen Sheep's Fescue (Festuca amethystina 'Aprilgrun')
Need something bigger than a single pot? The same thriller-spiller-filler formula can be expanded to a group of pots that work together to create a unified composition. This grouping of pots filled with flax (Phormium var.) and assorted succulents follows the thriller-spiller-filler formula.
This pot uses multiple thrillers, spillers and fillers to create a well-balanced whole. To get this look, try: Thrillers: Evergreen Miscanthus (Miscanthus transmorrisonensis) and Coastal Woolybush (Adenanthos sericeus) Spillers: Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas var.) and Bacopa (Sutera cordata) Fillers: Sand Hill Sage (Artemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice') and Wand Flower (Gaura lindheimeri)
It is important that generous curves within the design have a purpose, perhaps leading the eye to a feature within the garden or even to something outside the boundary, such as a vista. The design here is enforced by the way the planting has been clipped to conform, but its essential character is based on its underlying pattern. Circles and curves work particularly well when they are arranged as here, within a right-angle grid of paving.
Here, chives, oregano and other herbs grow in a custom steel planter with two layers of planting area and plenty of drainage into a gravel courtyard.
Size matters when it comes to containers for edibles. Most vegetables have rather large root systems that require pots to be deep and wide. Plus, larger containers won’t dry out as quickly, making it easier on you and less stressful for your plants. Find pots at least 12 inches wide and deep; 16- to 20-inch pots are even better.
Most edibles will perform best in full sun, so choose a spot that gets at least six hours of sunlight daily, even if you need to move your pot to achieve it. Putting your pots on wheels makes this easy.
dd architectural elements to the landscape. Accentuate plantings with large raised beds and a matching mailbox post. Notice how the three brick structures create a triangle and balance the pathway; all three elements working together to draw your eye to the front door.
. Make a quick table. Cluster a trio of ceramic garden stools together and top them with a glass tabletop for a nearly instant outdoor coffee table
Build a unique planter from cinder blocks. Architectural photographer Zack Benson came up with the innovative idea of using stacked and glued cinder blocks to create a cheap and easy DIY succulent planter. You can find more information about this project on his blog.
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This fenced-in area keeps deer out, and the metal culvert pipe is a great alternative to traditional wooden and square garden beds.
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