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Year-Round Beauty: Growing a Layered Garden

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Description Learn how to create a beautiful garden oasis that lasts well beyond the summer months, with expert guidance from author and garden designer David Culp. See stunning examples of layered gardens in David’s own space, before diving into techniques for making your garden a reflection of the landscape around it. Work with native plants, add personalized decorative touches and more for a garden that’s uniquely you. Then, bring texture, color and repetition into your garden for a cohesive space, and design an entry garden that dazzles guests. Up next, David shows you how to plant striking arrangements on steep slopes and shares a primer on borders for a polished finish. Think rock and trough gardening is tough? Think again as David shows you how to create a gorgeous trough and shares his personal recipe for rich soil.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • What Is a Layered Garden?
  • A Sense of Place
  • Designing a Layered Garden
  • Designing an Entry Garden
  • Designing for Slopes & Borders
  • Designing Vertical & Container Gardens

Taught by

David Culp

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