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Garden design planning

Good garden design starts with thinking before digging.

Garden design takes time. It’s too late to plan your garden when you are standing in the nursery eyeing every new plant that  tempts you. Spend some time looking at your garden site, either during the off season, when you can really view it  objectively or during the growing season, when your successes and failures make themselves known.

Once you have an idea of how you are going to use your garden, come back to reality and take an objective look at the site  before you come up with your garden design. This is of utmost importance in determining which plants and trees you use to  achieve the desired effect.

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