TARA DILLARD

Front porch today.  Still life.  Calm.  Gardenesque.  Faces east. . Bench hasn't been there long, yet already seen lots of use.  Bench...

A 'simple' Garden Design, below, all the layers dramatically in place.  Starting at the top of the picture, now, in your mind, label...

In a subdivision, along the side of the house, I've done this design, below, dozens of times.  It's a formula that never tires.  All...

In a subdivision, below, without the trees you would see neighbor's houses from the front porch. Whenever you see the gardener, d...

Design Rule: Contrast. . A touch of the Queen + Ellie Mae Clampett. . Urn on Plinth + Galvanized Buckets hanging with ropes. ...

Don't tell me 'welcome' with letters on a sign or doormat, show me. The curb appeal of this tiny frontyard says, "...

A real farmhouse kitchen.   The island, above, is an old dresser with detailing applied to  the back. She removed a wall betwe...

All new construction, below, constraints galore.  Never knew steps & under-the-steps could be this joyful. Use lattice or ceiling...

A bit of clipping, drip irrigation, enjoy.                                Oh my, the dappled light. . I haven't put an annual i...

When I begin a Landscape Design I create ceilings: sky, trees, arbors. Within a landscape design a cone shaped plant should be in each gard...