| Retreat to a garden and patio design
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| | of evergreen plants.Garden structures
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| that's beautiful year-round, and takes
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| | such as these create forms and lines,
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| minimum fuss. What makes this possible?
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| | giving your garden and patio design
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| Carefree plants with continuous blooms,
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| | definition and dimension. Plus, in the
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| and a well-planned garden structure.You
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| | winter when most plants are empty and
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| don't need to be a lawn and garden expert
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| | bare, your garden will preserve its shape
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| or landscape designer to do this. Here
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| | and sense of completeness. It's amazing
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| are a few tips for creating a super yet
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| | how just one or two structures can
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| simple garden and patio design that will
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| | produce this satisfying effect.Most
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| be a knockout!The first step is to take a
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| | garden and landscaping structures are
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| birds-eye view of your garden and patio
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| | built to withstand the elements. Treated
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| area. Make a rough sketch of your space,
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| | pine, cedar and teak garden furniture,
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| and play around with a few designs until
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| | trellises, arbors, and decorative fencing
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| you like what you see. As you're doing
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| | are great choices. Stone, copper, and
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| this, get some great ideas from existing
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| | bronze garden statuary will never let you
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| garden and patio decorations. Pay a visit
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| | down. Garden fountains bring incredible
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| to other people's gardens, or public
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| | beauty and atmosphere to any garden and
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| gardens. Look through home landscaping
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| | patio design - in fact, entire gardens
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| and gardening magazines, find what you
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| | have been built around them.Next, choose
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| like, and develop plans of your
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| | annual spring flowers and perennial
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| own.Decide what style or theme is right
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| | plants that will give you blooms from one
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| for you... formal, casual, rustic,
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| | season to the next. For instance, select
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| Southwestern, Japanese... there are
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| | carefree roses that need no pruning or
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| enormous possibilities. Then stay with
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| | spraying, and bloom continuously from
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| that style and theme so the overall
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| | spring through fall. Fill planters with
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| effect does not become confusing. For
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| | beautiful blooming flowers such as
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| instance, you wouldn't want to combine
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| | Oriental lilies or verbena for different
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| bronze garden sculptures of saints or
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| | colors all summer long. Establish flower
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| cherubs with rustic wooden wagon
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| | beds in corners or along walk ways.
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| wheels.Imagine what your patio area will
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| | Always consider your local climate and
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| most often be used for. You may plan to
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| | plant according to the sun and shade
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| entertain lots of outdoor dinner guests.
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| | needs of your plants.As you plan your
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| If so, be sure your patio space has
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| | garden and patio design, create paths or
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| plenty of room for the largest number of
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| | walk ways that lead from one area to the
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| people right from the beginning. Your
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| | next. Rambling garden paths are relaxing
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| patio may be more of a private,
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| | and charming... and if laid out
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| reflective retreat for enjoying the sun,
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| | thoughtfully, will be a big help to you
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| reading a book, or gazing up at the
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| | as the gardener. Paths can be of stone,
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| stars. Determine the use of shade, open
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| | brick, flagstone, gravel, or mown turf,
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| sun, or even covering it with a roof.Now
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| | although grass paths require more upkeep.
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| take your favorite ideas and put them
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| | Garden sculptures or sitting benches
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| into your rough plans - and soon you'll
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| | thoughtfully placed along the way provide
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| have a design that is ready for
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| | wonderful expression.If you want garden
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| action.The next step is to create your
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| | and patio designs that are pre-drawn,
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| garden and patio design to scale - you
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| | there are ready-made plans available in
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| can use landscaping software for this, or
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| | books and magazines. This is another fine
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| do it by hand. Choose the flowers you
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| | way to get off to a solid start. Use
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| intend to plant, noting how many you will
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| | pre-made garden plans from start to
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| need for each month of your growing
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| | finish, or incorporate parts of them
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| season, and select the landscaping
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| | right into you own creative
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| structures that will give your design its
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| | plans.Copyright 2006 Robert MosseRobert
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| form.Some say the secret to a beautiful
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| | Mosse is a gardening and lawn care
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| garden and patio design is having a good
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| | specialist and author of the "Easy" Lawn
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| amount of hard structure. This is what
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| | and Gardening Book Series. Visit Robert
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| landscape designers refer to as "good
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