• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Great Garden Speakers

  • Home
  • About
  • Search Speakers
  • Search Talks
  • Upcoming Events
    • Submit Event
    • Edit Events
    • Edit Locations
  • Learning Center
    • General FAQ
    • Program Manager Tips
    • Speaker Tips
  • Contact
  • Member Login
    • Become A Member
    • Support
    • Buy Spotlight Ad

Foliage & Focal Points

February 3, 2021 By Karen Chapman

 

Japanese teahouse in garden

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 captures our attention and invites us to linger.

In this presentation, award-winning designer and author Karen Chapman will help you gain an understanding of where to place focal points within the landscape. With a wealth of inspirational examples gleaned from her travels as well as her three books , she will then show you how to incorporate sculpture, water features, structures, and other elements strategically, as well as the importance of foliage in the overall composition.

With ideas for gardens and budgets of all sizes you will be ready to look at your landscape with fresh eyes.

Contact Karen
Karen Chapman

About Karen Chapman

If you love plants, have a good sense of humor, and enjoy getting together with fellow gardening enthusiasts we are meant to meet!

Gardening should be FUN and that's what I'm all about; learn while you laugh, and never take yourself (or your garden) too seriously

Primary Sidebar

Search Talks

Search Speakers

Search for:

Learning Center Categories

Speaker Tips
Program Manager Tips
Speaker FAQ

Talks In The Spotlight

Grow With Great Garden Speakers

Get weekly tips for creating exciting online and live programs!
* indicates required
Garden Speaker Interests

Footer

Speaker’s Quick Links

My Speaker Profile
My Talks
Member Login
Member Resources
Speaker FAQ
Upcoming Events
Spotlight Ads

Customer Service

My Account
Reset Password
Member Admin Area
Get Support



Copyright © 2022 Greatgardenspeakers.org · Owned and managed by The Garden of Words, LLC · Sitemap · Privacy Policy ·Terms of Use

Content posted by speakers and advertisers is owned by them and may not be reproduced without their permission.

Great Garden Speakers is not a party to any contract between a speaker and a venue, and is not responsible for the actions that may result from any contacts made through this site.