Garden designs

Nine samples, with their recipes

Every sample carries its recipe as text — subject, style, palette, framing.

Reading 1Courtyard

subject courtyardstyle cottagepalette overflowing perennialsframing late-spring light

subject courtyardstyle xeriscapepalette agaves, grasses, gravel mulchframing late-spring light

subject courtyardstyle zenpalette moss, a stone lantern, clipped pinesframing late-spring light

Reading 2Backyard

subject backyardstyle cottagepalette overflowing perennialsframing late-spring light

subject backyardstyle xeriscapepalette agaves, grasses, gravel mulchframing late-spring light

subject backyardstyle zenpalette moss, a stone lantern, clipped pinesframing late-spring light

Reading 3Sloped yard

subject sloped yardstyle cottagepalette overflowing perennialsframing late-spring light

subject sloped yardstyle xeriscapepalette agaves, grasses, gravel mulchframing late-spring light

subject sloped yardstyle zenpalette moss, a stone lantern, clipped pinesframing late-spring light