I spent a considerable amount of time reviewing my house layout and devising garden designs, before I came to the conclusion that I didn’t know what I was doing. I did know what gardening was, and basic principles in design, but the fine art of know what plants go together, and why you plant speciman trees in certain places was beyond me.
Well, my brother (the non-gardener) gave me a great idea, which was to use “Humber Nurseries” as my landscaping experts. For $150, I made a plan of my house on graph paper, took it in, met the landscaper who then planned a garden for me. Not bad, I said, and booked an appoint. Humber nurseries is based out of Brampton, Ontario Canada, and can be found online here:
http://www.gardencentre.com/default.asp
I’m sure most large nurseries in every city offer this type of system. The Appointment was fruitful. The landscaper had been doing this for many, many years and knew exactly what to do. If I didn’t like one aspect of this exercise, it was that his idea’s of what a good garden was, was limited, and he wasn’t a good listener. He essentially looked at the map, and decided what to grow.
The end product is very nice and something I’m willing to build on. Let’s see how it looks when I’m done.