Garden Design for the South
Design Services and Consulting
Services
Garden design services for Atlanta-area gardeners. Planning, design, plant selection and maintenance advice.
Residential seasonal color design services.
Mentoring for landscape professionals interested in learning seasonal color design.
“When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.”
Minnie Aumonier
Color-Rich Gardening for the South
Roxann Ward’s book is now available on the University of North Carolina Press website. For more information on how to pre-order at a discount, go to the Book page on this website!
Latest Design Ideas
- Simple Pairings for Beautiful BloomsI fell hard for flowering shrubs during my first spring in the South. There is no doubt that the spring and summer borders of shocking-pink azaleas and voluptuous hydrangeas I saw around town led to my obsession with all things flowering. When I lived in the Midwest I was perhapsContinue reading “Simple Pairings for Beautiful Blooms”
- How an Idea Became a Book About Gardening and HappinessI’ve spent the last few years writing a book. In all honesty, this wasn’t something I set out to do. I never wanted to be a published writer, though I do have a degree in Journalism from a fine school, where I imagined I might have a career writing advertisingContinue reading “How an Idea Became a Book About Gardening and Happiness”
- Snails, Slugs, and Things That Go Bump in the NightAs Halloween came and went this year, I found myself considering the cast of creepy crawly things and four-legged nocturnal creatures that roam our gardens while we sleep. The sound of my metal compost bucket being turned over in the night no longer startles me. It is likely a possum,Continue reading “Snails, Slugs, and Things That Go Bump in the Night”