1. Lawns should have a shape.
2. It really is nice to come home and find that someone planted something in my garden while I was at work.
3. I’m actually okay with my lawn mowing time being reduced by about half in the back yard.
4. No plan is cast in stone.
5. I can turn into one of those clients who asks the same question more than once, hoping the answer will change.
And a bonus sixth thing.
6. Don’t be afraid to invest in hardscape.
And a bonus seventh thing.
7. A garden designer will help you get plants that you haven’t seen in the garden centers.
And a bonus eighth and ninth thing.
8. Dump your plant prejudices in the compost bin; you might like some of those plants you thought you didn’t like if they are planted in the right place in your garden.
9. Having a garden designer work with you doesn’t “de-personalize” your garden. My garden still feels like my personal space.
And the tenth and final thing I've learned so far from working with a garden designer...
10. I should have hired a garden designer years ago.
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So glad that you really appreciate your garden designer.
I particularly love the part about "plant prejudice". I am forever pleading with clients and customers at the nursery to not paint too broad of a brush just because of bad memories from childhood or bad maintenance issues with a certain plant. Not ALL cultivars behave the same way.
Great post!!
I am excited to see what you yard will become!
bee blessed
mary
Greetings,
My favorite is number 5. Not only do my clients do it to me, but I do it to myself in my own garden. Have rationalized more than once that the information on the plant tags can't possibly apply to MY garden.
Deirdre