Monday, August 22, 2011

How To Make A Garden Room

From a patch of open space, below, a garden room is created beautifully & affordably.  

Why the drama of always doing a lawn, hedging, stone terrace, poured concrete, blah-blah & blah?  (Well, that's obvious Boo Boo, it's more highly commodified. )
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A few pots, shot-pea gravel, furniture, poof, your new garden room.
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Of course it does help having canopy/understory trees nearby.
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Garden & Be Well,      XO Tara
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Pic taken last week at Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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9 comments:

  1. VeronicaAugust 22, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    Tara that looks so inviting and gorgeous!
    Veronica
    www.tasselsandtwigs.blogspot.com

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  2. Desert DwellerAugust 22, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    So simple and appealing! What is odd about that, is how most properties here have the floor; all they need are the pots, plants and furnishings.

    Hmmm...a post idea - contrast your example with what most do with their gravel floor...

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  3. BabsAugust 22, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Love it, and love the huge pots used as a partial enclosure. Thanks.

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  4. La Petite GalleryAugust 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    That turned out very pretty.
    How are you doing Tara? yvonne

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  5. Divine TheatreAugust 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    This is exactly what we are in the midst of doing! We are using grade 8 underneath the pea gravel.
    I have hired three landscapers this year...all to my dismay none really knows what they are doing! Gah! I will post photos after...IF I ever finish. I am on my own!
    Please do come and meet Duchess!

    xoxo
    Andie

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  6. UnknownAugust 22, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Hi Tara: Thanks for all your industrious posting and inspiration. Don't know if you have seen this which wen up on the web yesterday ...
    "Arabella Lennox-Boyd on Garden Design ... recommends essential books for any budding gardener, and reveals why trees are the backbone of any good garden ...
    http://thebrowser.com/interviews/arabella-lennox-boyd-on-garden-design

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  7. Brenda PruittAugust 22, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    A garden room of one's own... It is what we make it. Thinking of you and hoping you're doing okay.
    Brenda

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  8. AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Perfect!

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  9. B is building a houseAugust 22, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Hi Tara

    What width strip would you recomment for a standard boxed hedge? Is 1.5-2m too wide?

    http://bisbuildingahouse.blogspot.com/2011/08/hedges-and-front-yard-landscaping.html

    B

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