Garden Design Resources:

I love articles that explain garden design to my novice self. These are articles, slide shows, webpages, or pdfs I found useful and think you will too.

• Christopher Alexander-“A Pattern Language” book
• Not Another Gardening Blog –wonderful  blog on all aspects of design, great explanations
• Garden Design Magazine-8 Landscape Design Principles
• Garden Design is not the same as interior design
• Your Lawn as Art – great photos of reducing lawn
• Southern Wild–Design Tip: Give Your Lawn a Shape
• The Art of Negative Space –beautiful art portfolio by Tang Yauhoong demonstrating the concept of negative space
• Garden History Style Guide Chart
• Illus. History of Landscape Design PDF
• NC Landscape Design-Extension Office
• Principles of Design
• The Spruce–Great Garden Design Principles
• Garden Aesthetics Blog – amazing info on garden design
• Hudson Valley Magazine–12 Key Principles for Garden Design
• Garden Design for Living– fab. blog on understanding garden design
• Library of American Landscape History
• Fine Homebuilding: Creating Rooms, Outside and Inside (excerpt)
• 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
• Basic Principles of Landscape Design-Univ of Florida
• Landscape Design Principles ppt
• P Allen Smith – 12 Principles of  Design
• Tara Dillard -Flow    
• Tara Dillard – Focal Points, Plinths and more
• Renegade Gardener – Articles on Garden Design
• Bungalow Front Yard Garden Ideas – great pics/text on choosing garden styles
• Landscape Design Principles
• Residential Landscape Design pdf
• Garden Design Exposed- Rules of Composition
• Lisa Orgler-Pt 1-How to Create An Out of the Ordinary Theme Garden
• Lisa Orgler- Pt 2–How to Create and Out of the Ordinary Theme Garden
• Lisa Orgler – Spatial Design in Landscaping Plans
• Lisa Orgler – 
• Jeannie Sim = Planting Design Sourcebook
• Lisa Cox –excellent web sight explaining design process
• Earth Designs (UK)–How to Nail a sensational Garden Border Design
• Earth Designs (UK)-great explanation of design process
• Earthwise Guide to Landscape Design
• Garden Drum -design ideas
• http://gardendesignforliving.com/introduction-to-design-gallery/our-five-laws-of-design/
• small-space-landscaping 
• 24 1:2 garden design ideas robert palvis
• Planning + Designing Your Home Landscape–excellent resource
• Basic Principles of Design
• Elements of Design
• Environmental Landscape design
• General Elements and Principles of Landscape Design
• Abduzeddo – Clever Negative Space Artwork
• Design Principles–Kentucky Master Gardener’s Handbook
• KY Landscape design
• 10 Principles of Design
• Principles of Design
• Principles of Landscape Design
• Garden Stew – The Oval Shaped Garden (demonstrates how to  make oval with string)
• Introduction to landscaping
• Florida Landscaping Design Tips
• 8 Principles of Landscape Design
• Understanding Color use in the Garden
• Garden Design Basics: From Nice to Wow
• Landscape Ideas.net – Landscape Design Rules
• 3 Things You Don’t Think About When Designing a Lawn Space
• Conservation Garden Park- Designing the Central Open Space
•  Proven Winners: Basic Design Principles and Styles for Garden Beds
•  Essential Principles for Landscape Design—
•  Lurie Garden: Exploring Elements of Garden Design
• Think like a Gardener/3-1 Design and Space
• Joe Gardener: Small Space Garden Design Podcast
• Pacific Horticulture- Making Gardens Seem Bigger, Pt. 1
• Pacific Horticulture -Making Gardens Seem Bigger, Pt. 2
• Harmony in the Garden: Goodbye Lawn, Hello Garden
• Serenity in the Garden: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
• North Carolina Extension Gardener Handbook: Landscape Design
• Home Landscape Design – Mississippi State University Extension
• Garden Design- Placing Art in the Garden
• Garden Visits – Garden History Design Style
• Growing with Plants – Re-evaluating Garden Design
• Residential Landscape Design – Kansas State University Extension Service
• Landscape Design – Kentucky Master Gardener Manual
  

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Color Theory:

• Color in the Garden Ppt
• Ilona’s Garden –Simplifying Color Theory
• Using Color ppt
•  Benjamin Moore – choose a color, get suggestions for colors that work well with it.
• Garden Design Magazine – Color in the Garden
• Garden Designed Exposed – Garden Color Schemes
• The Dimensions of Color — David Briggs
• Color In Garden Design – Sheryl Williams
• Proven Winners – What’s Your Color? Chartreuse.