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The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage - Hardcover
"Gardenmaking, in its finest form, is a celebration of life and of love. David and his book epitomize this." --Lauren Springer Ogden Brandywine Cottage is David Culp's beloved two-acre Pennsylvania garden where he mastered the design technique of layering--interplanting many different species in the same area so that as one plant passes its peak, another takes over. The result is a nonstop parade of color that begins with a tapestry of heirloom daffodils and hellebores in spring and ends with a jewel-like blend of Asian wildflowers at the onset of winter. The Layered Garden shows you how to recreate Culp's majestic display. It starts with a basic lesson in layering--how to choose the correct plants by understanding how they grow and change throughout the seasons, how to design a layered ga
Quick and Easy Pollinator Garden Design Ideas
You could easily achieve this pollinator-friendly look in a weekend! Just bring several Evolution™ Fiesta Coneflowers home from your local garden center and plant them along a pathway, driveway, or other narrow borders for a quick color pop. Add in the complementary cool purple of the bee-friendly French Lavender for good measure. Find 9 more design ideas and plant combinations perfect for your pollinator garden weekend project on our blog.