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Celebrating Fall: designing your garden for a vibrant autumnal display

November 2, 2021 By Karen Chapman

Often overlooked as a season to specifically design for, fall can be so much more than placing a token chrysanthemum by the front door as you prepare the garden for winter. Learn how to plan ahead for frosty silhouettes, discover which evergreens change color as the temperatures drop, be inspired ... » Learn More about Celebrating Fall: designing your garden for a vibrant autumnal display

A Piet Oudolf Story

March 15, 2021 By Deborah Chud

A personal introduction to the design principles of the leading naturalistic landscape & garden designer in the world, Piet Oudolf. Deborah Chud's 5 years of research on Oudolf's gardens led to her Oudolf-inspired garden and the only known database of his plant combinations. Her talk is part ... » Learn More about A Piet Oudolf Story

The Squish Factor: designing abundant containers

February 3, 2021 By Karen Chapman

container gardens within landscape

The hallmarks of a well-designed container include rich layers of foliage and flowers that completely fill out the container yet don’t look overgrown, a cohesive color palette, exciting plant combinations, well balanced in form and scale, and longevity. In this presentation, based on Karen's ... » Learn More about The Squish Factor: designing abundant containers

Creating Captivating Gardens

February 3, 2021 By Karen Chapman

Chihuly fountain Atlanta botanical garden

A memorable, captivating garden leaves something to the imagination. It unfolds slowly through time and space, with new discoveries waiting at each turn. Far from being predictable, such a garden has mystery, intrigue and depth. Using examples gleaned from Karen's coast to coast travels, we will ... » Learn More about Creating Captivating Gardens

Foliage & Focal Points

February 3, 2021 By Karen Chapman

container as focal point with foliage

  Gardens without focus lack interest. No matter how beautiful the overall plant palette is, if there isn’t somewhere for the eye to pause it can appear a jumble of color and textures – rather like a crazy quilt. Creating vignettes and focal points allows us to design a scene that ... » Learn More about Foliage & Focal Points

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