Goals
Functional & Food-Producing Gardens
These gardens prioritize utility, providing fresh harvests, culinary ingredients, or medicinal plants.
Focused primarily on soil-based or raised-bed annual crop production (e.g., tomatoes, peppers, leafy greens). They require maximum sun exposure and fertile soil.
Compact, sun-loving plots or window boxes featuring aromatic and culinary staples like basil, rosemary, thyme, and mint.
A design method that integrates fruit trees, berry shrubs, and perennial vegetables into traditional ornamental flower beds. It maximizes space and supports both humans and wildlife.
Ecological & Wildlife Gardens
Designed to work alongside nature, these gardens prioritize local ecosystems, habitat restoration, and environmental health.
Specifically designed with nectar- and pollen-rich plants to support native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. They feature staggered blooming cycles from spring through fall.
Utilizes flora that evolved naturally within a specific geographic region. They require significantly less water and fertilizer once established.
Engineered, shallow depressions planted with deep-rooted native species designed to capture, hold, and naturally filter stormwater runoff from roofs or driveways.
Aesthetic & Ornamental Styles
These are classic design templates focused primarily on visual beauty, symmetry, or historic architecture.
Informal, dense, and romantic. They feature a tightly packed, whimsical mix of flowering perennials (like delphiniums and phlox) intertwined with herbs and climbing roses.
Heavily reliant on balance, geometric patterns, clean lines, manicured turf, and trimmed hedges (such as boxwoods).
Space-Saving & Structural Methods
These formats adapt gardening principles to physical constraints like urban settings or limited ground soil.
Utilizing pots, planters, and hanging baskets on porches, balconies, or patios—ideal for renters and small spaces.
Utilizing trellises, living walls, fences, or vertical towers to grow climbing plants, vines, or small crops upward rather than outward.
Select what this yard is supposed to become. The plants follow that.