Establishing Your Garden’s Bones
So you want a fantastic garden year-round? You can have it as long as you understand that the shape and look of your garden, just like your body, is highly dependent upon the underlying bones that support the wonderful flora. Winter will expose those bones and give you an entire season to envision keeping what you like and changing what you don’t.
Look at the framework of your garden; the structures that you either use or would like to use along with the trees, shrubs and vines that grow in and around your yard. You can use the style of your house to pick and choose what will look best in your garden, either man-made or natural. Using natural plants is wonderful and you will need to keep in mind the size and expansion of the plants as they reach full bloom or full growth. Whatever you do, choose your bones carefully so when they are laid bare they still look incredible in the dreariest dead of winter.
Tags: garden features, Garden Planning, Garden Structures, General Gardening