Less Is More Garden, The: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard

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Despite the fact that the backyard was a fraction of the size of my childhood home's yard, I did what so many of us do, and modeled the landscape on what I had growing up. The Less is More Garden gives homeowners, gardeners, and plant enthusiasts solid ideas to help transform small gardens into a personalized, thoughtful, and unique destinations. Please keep this secret, as you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. Twelve years of designing gardens and consulting with homeowners has taught me that the same issues come up over and over again, regardless of budget or lifestyle goals.

Delighted with my small raised bed which I have made into a small pond to stand next to my pond from two years ago. While the house was a mere 1600 square feet, the large backyard more than made up for the elbow bumping my family of four tolerated inside. I had a bit of a struggle with the enormous liner in a small space and there was a lot left over that I will have to find a use for. Alister, thank you for taking the time to leave this really positive review, especially the feedback about our carrier.

I loved the quote from Steve Aitken (editor for Fine Gardening magazine) in the preface: "When confronted with something that isn't turning out the way we'd hoped, our impulse is to add something. After all, our grounds (however modest) frame our homes and contribute to first impressions not only of our houses, but also of the households within. Garden ornaments are a great way to add interest to your low maintenance garden design – go for smart garden ideas such as solar garden lights which are both decorative and functional. We will not transfer, disclose, sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties other than in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

There were minor defects in a couple of blocks but after a query from me, replacements were very quickly dispatched without question. My wife and I agree these ideas are that last little bit needed to bring together much of what we've wanted to do but couldn't figure out quite how to make it work. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office. A superb and thoughtful boost of design inspiration to professionals and homeowners alike--a veritable abundance of simple pleasures! I spent my middle school and teenage years in a ranch-style home on a quarter-acre lot in Southern California.The instructions were comprehensive, but difficult to keep track of and to always identify from the colour coding.

Her most imaginative and unexpected tricks are found in this guide--the perfect combination of dreamy, aspirational, and doable. In addition, we need to devise a means of keeping the soil in place once the original bed was removed. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.Even if your front garden is a small space, keep it tidy – if you have more space, make the most of it with garden ideas and features such as a manicured lawn, gravel driveway, water feature or garden fencing.