I've always thought about gardening as painting with plants. That started with my very first garden which I intended to be an all yellow garden. I was timid about color, and so decided to eliminate that one aspect of garden design completely. To my surprise, I found that yellows could clash.After that I decided to have fun with color, experimenting with things like all foliage gardens ? no flowers but tons of color. Or trying to make a garden of all pink and white. I finally jumped myself out of the mode of playing it safe with light pastels and began to use bright, primary colors and bolder contrasts. Most challenging of all was creating a garden that would look colorful as I gazed out the window at the dead of winter.Using color in the garden can be an adventure. It's definitely an exercise in creativity. It not only affects the impression your garden creates on others, but can influence how you feel in it. Some gardens create the impression of coolness, others of bright, tropical heat.

Marcy Terry 620 French Collins Conway S.C.29526   347-7461  241-7815