Posts tagged Inhabitation Design
The Spring Garden Is Decided in September
The Spring Garden Is Decided in September

Everyone believes the garden year begins in spring. Spring is when gardens are photographed. They are made in the fall — and if you want to be living in yours by May, the decision happens now.

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What Rewilding Gets Wrong
What Rewilding Gets Wrong

There is a question I have started asking every client who arrives at our first meeting with the word rewilding already in their mouths, already certain it is what they want. Which former glory?

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Why Luxury Outdoor Spaces Go Unused: A Nashville Garden Designer's Answer
Why Luxury Outdoor Spaces Go Unused: A Nashville Garden Designer's Answer

Why do so many expensive Nashville outdoor spaces sit empty? A Middle Tennessee garden designer on what it actually takes to get people to go outside and stay there.

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Inhabitation Design: Why the Hour, Not the Bed, Is the True Unit of Garden Design
Inhabitation Design: Why the Hour, Not the Bed, Is the True Unit of Garden Design

Most garden design starts with space. This one starts with time. Inhabitation Design is a framework for designing landscapes around the actual hours of your life, not the beds in your yard. From the first cup of coffee to the last lightning bug, here's how to design a garden that doesn't just look right but feels right at every hour.

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