Garden Design Bones
In her new book gardentopia.
Garden design bones. Design basics for creating beautiful outdoors spaces jan johnsen describes the bones of your garden as those hard elements that cannot easily be moved. If you ve ever looked at a garden where all the plants were a similar size or height you were looking at a garden with no bones. Walks walls patios steps.
And remember it s a lot easier to move a hosta than it is to move a fountain. They function as the garden s bones providing backdrops for plants. Tovah martin publish date.
Like a building or a story you need a solid structure before you start filling in the details. A strong underlying architecture is important when the garden goes minimalist for the winter. In winter when many plants are leafless you still have beauty.
Emily bones garden design beckenham bromley united kingdom. Of all the garden design elements garden bones are the hardest to incorporate after the fact. Bones of the winter garden.
Hardscape elements such as terraces and walls shape the garden and determine where you can plant.