damaclese

yes get rid of the pines they have a way of killing any thing around them i heard that they taint the ground with camphor. i concur what are the over all dementions of your garden? if you are a designer just think of your garden as a out side room or seres of rooms creating viniets just like you do inside
i also have a degree BAFA i have some more pics of varies gardens that i could post if you need more! some times the shapes that we create in are gardens are formed by the practicalities of the dementions and over all configurations of the perimeter for example i have a side yard with a gate on two sides so i had to have a means of egress that created a bisecting path way so there ya go one 40 x 30 garden is now two planting beds i curved that path way for interest making it a slightly indirect rout this helps the viewer to slow down and take in a bit more on there way threw that section and makes the edges of the beds more interesting just ad boarders of plant material and you are starting to build interest see what I'm talking about?

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