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Notes Taken During the January, 2002 Meeting Guest Speaker: Landscape Architect, Sarah Small When designing a garden: 1. Make an adjective list describing the garden you want. The garden planning process should consider: 1. a welcoming effect 2. the inclusion of form, texture, color 3. the garden to be an extension of the home or another room in your home 4. the adjacent propery 5. the inclusion of plants, hardscape, fragrance, light, shadow and repetition 6. the viewing points 7. the necessity for shelter from trees
Nice Combinations According to Sarah Small
Laburnum watereri Purple Splendour Dutch Iris Acer palmatum ‘Oshu Beni’ Heuchera sanguinea Christmas Cheer Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunicea’ With softer purple rhodies And green lawn Black Bamboo With Red rhodies Thuja (Arborvitae) R. ‘Pink Pearl’ Loropetalum chinense (think she said green variety) Mexican Heather R. ‘Unique’ Taxus baccata “Repandens’ – Spreading English Yew Prunus yedoensis ‘Akebono’ – sometimes called ‘Daybreak’ |
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