Garden Design

Garden Design

Shrubs for Every Old House

Without landscaping, even the most charming period home will appear incomplete. Shrubs are a common, traditional accompaniment to old houses, and they can be planted in a variety of formations with historical precedent—from foundation plantings to topiaries to walls of plants across the horizon.

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Classic Plants for Historic Gardens

Classic bedding plants like dahlias, coleus, impatiens, and petunias have long been American garden favorites. Their seemingly timeless appeal stems in part from their consistent beauty and ease of growth—but scientific innovations play a part, too.

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Creating Colorful Curb Appeal

Coordinating your garden with your paint scheme can pump up your home’s overall allure.

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Re-creating a 1912 Garden

The estate gardens designed by Beatrix Farrand are hardly known for their coziness—or for low-maintenance demands.

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Gardens of Colonial Virginia

The many gardens at Williamsburg are a primary source for colonial and revival designs.

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How To Grow Heirloom Tomatoes

You can grow heirloom tomatoes in your yard with a few simple steps.

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Victorian Garden Bedding

The colorful, fragrant garden bedding popular during the Victorian era can be a fitting addition to a range of old-house landscapes.

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Décor for an Arts & Crafts Garden

If there’s one overarching goal that all gardens of the Arts & Crafts movement sought, it was to blend in.

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Plants for the Arts & Crafts Garden

A brief overview of plants in an Arts & Crafts garden.

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How to Grow Heirloom Apples

You can grow heirloom apples in your yard with a few simple steps.

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Haddonstone (USA)

Classic landscape ornaments and architectural stonework. Designs include urns, planters, fountains, statuary, sundials, columns, balustrading, and chimney pieces.

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Garden Faux Bois & Trabajo Rustico

Our garden writer and hands-on practitioner describes his latest obsession, an overlooked art form that’s coming back into vogue.