wallacegardens:

Nigella (Black Cumin). Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen (1887).

leafmag:

Leaf Readers Design Outside!

via Native Root Designs

A narrow border garden (15 ft.). This photo includes three native sp. cultivars, two edibles plants, a garden trail and a whole lot of flowers!

green-home:

Walled country garden with outdoor seating

wallacegardens:

Monet in his garden at Giverny, 1922. New York Times, photo archive.

wallacegardens:

The Seven-Level Forest Garden:

1)  Canopy (large fruit & nut trees)

2)  Low Tree Layer (dwarf fruit trees)

3)  Shrub Layer (berries & currants)

4)  Herbaceous (herbs)

5)  Rhizosphere (root vegetables)

6)  Soil Surface (ground covers, strawberries, etc.)

7)  Vertical Layer (climbers & vines, beans, etc.)

wallacegardens:

stilllifequickheart:

Henri Fantin-Latour

Nasturtiums

1880

carex:

A charming garden house designed by Georgia firm, Norman Davenport Askins Architect. Very French. It’s hard for me to believe that he also designed the planting but no garden designer’s name was given. Hmmm. Why do so many architects not give credit where credit is due? Don’t get me started. 

carex:

Graythwaite Hall Garden in Ulverston, Cumbria in the U.K. Designed by Thomas Mowson in 1896.