Gardening: Author’s accessible advice can help you create beautiful garden
- jamessnow321
- Jul 8, 2019
- 1 min read
Some gardens, although filled with pretty flowers and cute accents, fail to make much of an impression.
Others, however — even with many of the same plants and features — immediately elicit oohs and aahs.
These gardens just seem to possess an elusive something that makes them more than a collection of annuals, perennials and decorative doodads.
That magical “something” is what author and garden expert Jan Johnsen demystifies in her new book, “Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces.”
Drawing on decades of experience and an artistic eye, Johnsen shows and tells how and why dozens of design techniques work, and how you — Mr. or Ms. Average Gardener With No Formal Training — can implement them.
Perhaps you’re pondering creating an ornamental border but aren’t sure how to start.
Consider curves, Johnsen suggests. “By laying out a plant bed or walkway in a strong, curving line, you invite people to explore,” she writes.
Or maybe your front entryway is overwhelmingly, well, blah.
Her advice: Add planters with eye-catching flowers; “paint the front door a jazzy color”; and create a wide front walk, with the emphasis on “wide.”
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