Garden Designs Using Trees

The lovely people at The Tree Foundation of Kern www.urbanforest.org have provided great information on pruning and topping trees.

They've supplied a guide at

http://wwwstatic.kern.org/gems/urbanforestkernorg/pruningtips.pdf

Pruning fir trees is never recommended and is very rarely successful in maintaining them in a good shape.

When you design a garden, plan only to plant them when you have enough space for them to mature.

Take care,

Pete

PS A lot of people get injured lopping trees. Using a tree service that employs a certified arborist is recommended!

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Best Garden Designer

One way to plan a garden is to take a walk around your locality and see what everyone else has created. This will give you ideas for successful features that you would like to incorporate into your own design and tell you what plants grow well and those that don't.

Magazines and websites provide a lot more ideas for thought. Don't rule out overseas examples - look for the design ideas and then use the plants that grow in your area.

This is a picture of a wonderful garden created by Marianne Ford, in the UK

http://www.marianneford.co.uk/index.html

Love your site and your work Marianne!

Curved paths always add interest.

More later.

Pete

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