What you see is what you get
Look at your garden and describe what you see. Of course, there is color and perhaps a bird bath or gazing ball. Maybe you have a few gnomes wandering about or a green man or two handing from a tree or fence. Or perhaps you aren’t happy with what you see, but aren’t sure how to fix it. When we look at our gardens, the two main components that catch our eye are color and texture. For the past two weeks, we’ve discussed color in the garden and how it can be hot, cold, monochromatic, harmonizing or contrasting. Now we need to take a look at texture and see how it affects what we see when we look at our gardens. When we speak of texture, we are describing the different ways that plants can be seen or felt. Textures can be coarse or fine, large or small and airy or compact. Textures can be perceived visually or by the sense of touch.
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We do it anyway
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» Full StoryPlanning your garden around color
There is no doubt that gardeners are drawn to color.
But many people are overwhelmed when it comes to mixing and matching, especially plant colors, which can be quite diverse.
Want me to do some work? Fat chance
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