Garden Design Drifts
Feb 26 2017 explore orangedoorvintage s board drift planting followed by 166 people on pinterest.
Garden design drifts. See more ideas about garden garden design garden inspiration. Succulent gardens can play too. Using drifts on both sides of the walk reinforces a sense of mass planting.
A xeric or desert garden has a different aesthetic than a small front garden border or a larger meadow inspired landscape but you can still use the principles of drifts and masses to mimic and interpret what you d find in nature. The aim of this article is to help you select a site size and shape for a flower garden and then to fill it with a harmonious combination of plants. But the theme creates an impressive display.
Drifts make a. I remember as a beginning garden designer in california being taken aside by my mentor a transplanted englishwoman who owned the nursery walking through a vast block of salvia and being told that i could if i liked use 30 of them not. Mar 24 2020 explore patti herson s board garden drifts and masses on pinterest.
Swathes and swoops and drifts and rivers by home outside may 1 2017 march 8th 2018 no comments oh the siren call of nurseries and garden centers in spring. At any one time there may only be 1 or 2 plants in flower. Illustration by david despau.
The legendary gardens of england have long influenced residential landscapes worldwide and are admired for their lush green lawns hedges and drifts and borders of breathtaking flowers grasses and herbs of course you don t have to live in great britain to enjoy the pleasures of cottage and english gardens with basic design principles and knowledge of plants that grow well in your region. Even in small gardens don t be shy to plant in large groups. The garden hasn t been installed yet so i don t have any photos for you but doing this plan made me wonder.
See more ideas about garden design garden inspiration outdoor gardens. We present this process as a series of steps seven in all that takes you from the mere notion that you want a flower garden to a finished plan. Sticking to fewer varieties and planting in bigger sweeps has greater impact and is better in terms of design but it is hard to maintain one s resolve.