TARA DILLARD

Gardens begin inside your home.  Looking out. . Your home is the garden's backdrop. . The Agrarian & Pastoral ideal.  Idyll.  Fo...

I was in the shed a couple of months ago, and this was the view, below.  Interesting.  The table/chairs/gravel/trees were designed from anot...

Most notably, in the garden, below, is the hedge.  Yet not the only notable element.  At the front end of reading this post, make your list ...

What do you 'see', below?  For myself, I see a leveraged table.  I place well leveraged tables/chairs throughout my garden.  Each at...

Creating a Garden Design for an entire starter home subdivision is quite simple.  Last week, I was in a neighborhood similar to, below. . ...

During a time of life turbulence a quote appeared, without seeking, reading a magazine, It's Safe to Let Go. . Wow, what a concept !  ...

Choosing pots for your garden, choose pots fabulous empty.  Another aid in choosing a pot, ask yourself, "Is this pot so wonderful it w...

Layers of narrative, below.  At the front end of learning Garden Design professionally, mid-20's,  this type of garden, below, equaled t...

Perhaps not your cup of tea, below, but a perfect cup of tea nonetheless.  Deer proof boxwood, evergreen, punctuated topiaried forms amongst...

Macro: Islands in the gravel, no edges.  Meandering flow, as if the gravel were water. . Micro: Small space, high function, drifts of plan...

The list is long, all the things not taught about designing gardens.  How do you know, what you don't know?  You don't.  What to do?...

Within the past month, minding my own business, living in middle rural Georgia, 2 local women, they don't know each other, hired me.  On...

Double Axis.  A focal point must have a focal point at both ends of its axis.. . Amazing, the things they do not teach you in school. . ...