Chanticleer design tips from Garden Design magazine

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GardenDesign_Spring_Cover2016Garden Design magazine’s spring 2016
issue is pure eye-candy coupled with the most take-away design tips yet! One of the fascinating reads is about Chanticleer, a cutting-edge public garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. Bill Thomas, the executive director and head gardener, shares 15 creative design tips for transforming gardens, large or small. Many of these intriguing ideas are shared in the book, The Art of Gardening (Timber Press, 2015), that highlights design principles that the gardens of Chanticleer have developed and used over the past decade.
One of the design tips that Bill mentions in the article is the importance of connecting ‘garden rooms’ by repeating the same plant in different beds. This is a practice I commonly use to visually knit together a landscape. I usually lean towards plants with striking foliage that can tolerate a wide range of light conditions, like many Heuchera or Heucherella. Bill also talks about how to frame a view as well as creating exciting transitions between garden rooms. I came away with so many great applications!
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