June 1, 2009

Draw softly and carry a big eraser

Let’s just say that you are starting with a blank slate, standing there in your backyard with nothing but a level lot of soil. Then what?

Most likely you will want to put down the two perennials you bought and pick up a pencil and paper and come up with a plan before you plant. Never good in art class?

Don’t matter, because Monrovia has a step-by-step sketch how-to that will have your landscape looking more thought out than the hodgepodge you were about to create. Tis’ far easier to erase a plant than move one.

You could also take their style quiz that gave me the image above as my dream garden. Not sure about those raspberry colors.

More from the Dirt du jour design files.

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DAILY READ: Star News - The Elk River, MN board of commissioners voted against a proposed community garden because rakes and other implements might be “too dangerous” they say, and the liability too high if the tomatoes are stolen.