Question: Garden Bones - An Important Element of Garden Design
What do they mean by 'Garden Bones' and where does it fit into garden design?
Answer: You’ll also hear a lot of talk about starting your garden with good bones. In garden design, the term 'garden bones' refers to something architectural the defines the structure of a garden. It can be artificial, such as a arbor or obelisk, or it can be a plant. Very often it is an evergreen tree or shrub. This basically means creating a outlining foundation, with trees, structures, paths and such, for the rest of the garden to build off of.
A favorite and easily incorporated technique for creating garden bones is to use evergreens, especially dwarf conifers.
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