Bare essentials: simplicity rules in Sarah Hammond's California garden

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Hammond's garden combines low growing herbaceous plants, hardy rose bushes and atlas cedar and unfinished wooden structures to create simple beauty. The choice of low growing plants was necessitated by the strong winds that blow at her Northern California ocean-front property.

Appreciation, Herb gardens

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Inside out: the skills of an interior designer blossom in the garden

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Cross had no formal training in garden design, but she transformed her five- acre property on Long Island, NY, into a series of distinctive gardens. The gardens highlight woody plants and include such features as a rustic gazebo, a play house and a swimming pool.

Long Island (New York), Homes and haunts, Cross, Conni

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Garden haiku in Portland

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The Japanese Garden was designed in 1963 by P. Takuma Tono and represents fundamental Japanese design concepts in 'serenity' and 'simplicity.' The placement of objects and arrangement of shrubbery is rooted in symbolism characteristic of Japanese culture.

Innovations, Cover Story, Description and travel, Portland, Oregon, Gardens, Japanese, Japanese gardens

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