Building a Border Backwards : Part 1
How To: Garden Design that Thinks in Reverse Seasonal Order
Benefits of Reverse Seasonal Order
Learn how to create a perennial mixed border that will give you year-round beauty while also creating a positive ecological impact every month of the year. The “border backwards” technique will explain the benefits of thinking in reverse seasonal order to include a variety of plants into a low-maintenance, long lasting border display.
Today we will talk about:
how new gardeners usually go about making a garden (like Mary Quite Contrary)
how to avoid the temptations of the James Taylor border
what in the world is a “backwards border” anyway?
JWG online Gardening Classes:
This class is just one of several here on Substack, all of which can be accessed for just $6. There are several hours of video lessons plus handouts. I want these classes to be available to anyone who wants to create amazing layer-packed gardens, and I hope they will inspire you to get planting this year!
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