Garden Design Summer 2015
*A Texas Hill Country native landscape by Studio Outside of Dallas
*A wild and windswept garden on Washington state's San Juan Island by LA Rich Haag
A classic masterpiece designed by the late Dan Kiley … "Patterns," the Brandywine Valley, Delaware home of former Governor Pete du Pont. Plantings at the 25-year old garden are now overseen by renowned plantsman David Culp of Sunny Border Nurseries.
Photos by Roger Foley.
Design Solution:
Designer Lauren Hall-Behrens of Lilyvilla Gardens in Portland, OR, clears out overgrown plants and uses texture and color to bring together her Pan-Asian-Tropical garden.
And:
*Tough plants for garden edges
*Dan Hinkley on the attributes of Agapanthus
*Meadows by John Greenlee
*Nine Backyard Getaways
Better Homes & Gardens July
*For a family in LA, designer Jamie Durie creates a series of outdoor rooms, from pergola-covered dining area to living room, open-air office, vertical veg garden and more.
*A failing drainage system is transformed into a rain garden that will take any deluge.
*A small Chicago backyard is turned into a garden oasis by landscape architect René Grassman Huynssens
Fine Gardening July-Aug
*Hot colors for a hot summer
*Plants that will tolerate wet conditions
*Butterfly bush plant trials – which ones perform best, which ones are least invasive
*A garden with peak performance in midsummer
Horticulture July-August
*Editing the garden for better design
*Replacing the lawn with flowers
*Flowering vines that won't eat the yard
*Gardening lessons from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
The American Gardener July-August
*Easy Garden Updates
*America's Wild Roses
*Plants with Fragrant Foliage
*Beatrix Farrand's garden at Garland Farm in Bar Harbor
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