Winter gardens are special in their own quiet way. They speak of peace and serenity and a time for slowing down and recharging for new beginnings in spring.

1. Rock walls and paths. The chance to look at your garden in the winter allows you to see what a vital role hardscaping plays in the overall backbone of your garden. These beautiful stone walls give a classic sunken courtyard feeling to this garden, framing the views beyond.

Create outdoor decor that will carry beyond the holidays by using cuttings from your garden. Mix evergreen boughs, brightly colored branches, berries, pinecones and seed heads for potted arrangements, wreaths and swags. Not enough variety of materials to choose from in your own garden? Plan a cuttings exchange party with a friend or two.6 Branches and Berries to Spruce Up Holiday Decor

7. Use structural elements in the garden for winter interest. In the middle of winter, it can be hard to visualize a blooming garden. Large urns and planters, benches, rock walls and other garden structures will help buyers see the potential even in the snow.

Rocky Mountains. Mix evergreen boughs, brightly colored branches, berries, pinecones and seed heads for potted arrangements, wreaths and swags for outdoor decor that will last through the holidays, suggests Colorado landscape designer Jocelyn H. Chilvers. "Not enough variety of materials to choose from in your own garden? Plan a cuttings exchange party with a friend or two."Get her Rocky Mountain December checklist

Under a blanket of snow this landscape is at rest. However, this doesn't mean the gardener should remain idle. The following winter chores will keep your containers looking their best.

The pots look great.

pop of amber/brown leaves in fall against bare trees

the entrance

Don't leave filled pots outside

Stone wall low enough to sit on

Limestone cap

fencing style

pillar containers

hardscape

black cap

yellow green and green

love

I just love this!

Beautiful

low stone wall with dark capping

Fence

Like shape?

fence

so nice to see the snowy landscape

walls

lovely

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thoughts for winter plants

entry way with walls and columns

For strolling

good

like the stone

urns

May work in the back?

Fence

love the whole landscape look

divider between lawn and fields

backyard seating around patio

patio - entry

Fence

front porch extension

planters

stone wall

stone walls

the area it surrounds and defines

I like the open and brick

walls

like the stone work and containers

Wall

love the wall

Nice symmetry. I'm thinking about using this for my front patio area.

for backdeck planters in winter--and front porch ones as well

patio

Love the stone columns

Rock wall

seating walls and columns that define space

Robie style pots

arrangements for pots like the cottage ones

these planters would look pretty outside studio

beautiful planters

wall height

Stone wall

Hmmm, Deck with walls and entrance to Xeriscaped yard?

half walls for seating

Should we add some containers at the entrance?

patio

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for the back yard

hagen vendt mot vannet

low stone wall

patio with stone wall enclosure

place urns on either side of steps leading to beach at Lakeland

liked the stone

longshadow containers

the containers flanking the patio

Stone walls frame views

Deck winter decorations

Plantings for outside areas

snow on oaks

branches and leaves

I miss snow, but the main point was, I really like low garden walls that create zones.

low stone wall patio

idée pour l'hiver

Patio with stone wall

Brick

Garden

love the low stone wall

stone wall...low enough to sit on

This is what Tim wants low wall for sitting and raised planting beds

North Patio - lake view

courtyard urns

Stone walls

I like a visual enclosure on a patio. Creates intimacy.

Winter Outdoor Decor

winter urns

earns, stonewk....view

Patio with wall and planters

pretty

DRAPING AND SHAPE OF PLANTERS

For back patio

Rock

fencing

Backyard idea

Rock fence in back of house. Patio?

View from the backdoor

Small Pillar Decor

back yard

The flagstone around the patio

beauty

Brickwork in back yard

I like this style stone wall - maybe a bit higher for me

courtyard stonework

That view! Amazing!

The structure and stone

frame view

symmetry

..

stone

right outside dinning room

Outdoor

Limestone Seat wall, Pillars, view to openspace

garden urns on low wall

brickwork

Stone wall

Planters

picture perfect

wonderful patio!

Planters in winter

Looks like my backyard

Terrace

Good idea on how to use my urns in the winter

Winter gardens can be just as pretty as the summer ones.

fence and patio

Great idea to put evergreens in planters to add height.

love this look for patio

glencoe landscaping

dejlig fredfyldt område

patio, fence

Outdoor

Patio wall

Yard

Mix evergreen boughs, brightly colored branches, berries, pinecones and seed heads for potted arrangements, wreaths and swags for outdoor decor that will last through the holidays, suggests Colorado landscape designer Jocelyn H. Chilvers. "Not enough variety of materials to choose from in your own garden? Plan a cuttings exchange party with a friend or two."

Pots backyard

Outdoors

winter landscaping

the pots are fabulous.

pots...

I like the symmetery

NAE

backyard

outside

wall

stonework

Compost

rock wall

back yard garden

great back view

Love the hard scape.

limestone landscaping

Entry walls

Winter patio

Wall for porch front

Posts

Like the patio

What a beautiful way to keep up appearances in the winter.

Winter Outdoors

Winter staging

winter garden-stone walls

nice

Symmetry, color of stone wall and cap, planters and plants

love rocks

beautiful!!!!!

love the stone walls and fence and stone planters

more of the fence

stone walls

Realistic

space/ border

doesn't look empty in winter

the planters

low rock walls on flat land

winter scene with tree placement for our farm

Some trees to consider for vibrant fall color include: Ginkgo, Birch, and Poplar for a bright yellow display, Sugar Maples, Red Maples and Scarlet Oaks for brilliant reds, and Silver Maples and Sugar maples for bright oranges. Crape Myrtles are also wonderful for their fall interest.

hardscape

great fence

fence

DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OF PLANTING

winter snow accentuating structure of garden

Winter containers, leaves remaining on oak trees, structures such as the stone walls and the fence

marnie

planter and stone

Rock walls, container plants, and trees part to frame a winter wooded landscape.

hardscaping

View, gorgeous

fence backyard down low