TARA DILLARD

Checker Boards are FAST.  Fast. . Many layers of Garden Design are slow to medium, getting there. . Not a Checker Board. . I designed ...

Age 8, saw my 1st garden like this, below, in Augusta, GA.  The adults were content to stay inside & chat.  I did the rude child thing, ...

Totally designed, below.  Obvious pruning is at front left near'ish the top.  A mini-cathedral design.  Not so obvious are layers chosen...

Pulling the gate/columns forward, below, welcomes you from the wide world into their private world, elongates the entry, and adds a foyer to...

Great minds, or, so much for original thinking? . First, below, I noticed the rusticity, my oeuvre. . Then searched the enfilade, how fa...

Many times I've used a bit of woodland, buffer between neighbors, as a faux focal point. Occasionally, space allows for this much meande...

An excursion, below, that should be a destination in Garden Design. Pic, above, here . . Using the 3 elements, above, of garden design...

How will you get from point A to point B ? . Flow. . Flow is at the front end of my Garden Design Equation. . When I was in col...

Why pics in my garden are not perfect, but better.  It's more important for you to see, 'real'.  Why?  You must be able to walk...

Garden paths are ahead of plantings in the garden design process. . Lawns & Tara Turf are paths too. . Paths are dictated by ...

A jobsite desk this week, below. New homeowners bought the 30+ year old home/garden last year. . Gut renovation. . Sadly, pre...

Garden path, a few minutes old, below. . Their back yard, thankfully, a quagmire.  In addition to significant man made drainage issues ...