Greetings Stewbies, My brother (professional garden designer) and I are planning to offer plans online to download for a very reasonable price (PDF/JPEG format). The plans would not be custom-fit for specific gardens so anyone can download them and they would cover areas like beds, corners, borders etc... It is only in the planning stages yet but the wheels are definitely moving. We have ideas of what to offer initially but I want to ask if there is anything that you feel is missing out there on the Web? They would make great competition prizes for Stewbies don't you think Thanks, // frank
Yes, I do think! I've no idea what's out there in the first place, Frank. I presume you're doing shade-part shade-full sun with dry, medium and wet conditions, acidic/chalky and various zones?
"not custom-fit for specific gardens" would mean that you would not design a garden to someones particular dimensions, right? But each garden design would have it's own dimensions and shape. We are in and out of drought conditions pretty much every six months down here so any Xeriscape plans would be good. But at the same time Xeriscape means different plants for us than it would for other countries, far south Texas or the higher elevations or other less arid states because of our extreme heat. Hmmmm, there are too many variables coming to mind, I am over thinking this, I tend to do that sometimes. Of course, Butterfly/Hummingbird garden plans. Like Droopy said...sun/shade, wet/moist, soil conditions. Personally I have been looking for plants for a hedge on one side of the front yard and plants for the fence we will be putting along the front...evergreens for year round privacy. How about a kitchen/herb garden. A Moon garden for night flying propagators with white scented flowers.
That's right Toni. It would be just too time consuming and the plans would be more expensive as a result. We will try to offer them as a series of "best practices" with example implementations provided to help you to get inspiration for your own unique layout. There are quite a lot of variables All great suggestions Toni, thank you
I think combination beds would be interesting -- combining veggies, flowers, herbs, and interesting other things to go with, such as the trellis or supports (for smaller yards where spaces have to do double duty sometimes). Also, maybe something like an all-season garden with the plant choices designed to provide beauty and/or interest in all of the seasons. Good luck -- this sounds like a fun and exciting new venture.
Good Frank! I'd like plantings for border in full sun and humid climate. Also plants for under trees that don't grow very tall.
Thanks Daisybeans and GardenGater, I love your ideas I will pass them along to my brother and we can discuss them.
