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Planning a Garden, Part VI: Where to Begin

 

So that’s pretty much it for the overall planning process.  Take note of what you’ve got, decide what you want, justify that with what’s possible, divide the whole into areas. 
Now what?  Well, logically, you do one area at a time.  But we aren’t Vulcans (Star Trek reference), so there’s a big problem with doing one [...]

Planning a Garden, Part V: Creating Areas

Let’s start with what we now call our upper patio. It is appoximately 22′ x 20′ – about the size of a large room, which is exactly what we wanted. As you can see from the photos below, it had no privacy, no greenery and no charm. In other words, Ug Ly. Don’t you agree?