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
Talks for Green Industry Trade Shows
Design Dilemmas & Savvy Solutions
Not all projects begin with a nice clean slate. Plant lust run amok, an established focal point that has no sense of “place”, or a hodge-podge of multi-colored plants that better resemble grandmas crazy quilt than a well curated collection are all familiar scenarios. Learn how to tactfully and ... » Learn More about Design Dilemmas & Savvy Solutions
Foliage & Focal Points
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
Deer-Resistant Drama
It’s easy to feel defeated when trying to create a garden that you’ll enjoy but that the deer will leave alone. Our sole focus is often simply to fill the allotted space with deer resistant plants – and we’ll buy any that are recommended in books, magazines or online in a desperate desire for ... » Learn More about Deer-Resistant Drama
Foliage First
Gardens can quickly become an uninspiring, muddled sea of green leaves when nothing is in bloom. As an experienced designer, Karen Chapman is well acquainted with solving this and many other garden dilemmas. Using inspirational examples from her own 5-acre garden as well as her popular books, you ... » Learn More about Foliage First