Garden Notebook Ideas

 Here is a peek at my Garden notebook...as you can see it is a working diary

It is my road map...
it tells me what  actually went into the yard

and the main structure of the garden

It includes notations on irrigation, french drains,
 conduit stub outs for lighting etc.
as well as the planting guide

By the way,

 I am not a Landscape Architect

 nor do I have any formal training in landscaping or horticulture

I am a self taught gardener...

I read and I work hard

so guess what?  

anyone can do this too!!!

*note to self...get a good manicure STAT

 All of my drawings are included in the front part of the binder
with the initial lists of what I wanted to plant....
obviously this changed quite a bit as we progressed
but essentially the plan remains intact
today

These photos show my planting guides
divided into 5 main areas... this is just the front half of the property

 What I love about this reference guide, is that I can now re-work the beds as needed 

but still look back on the initial planting and see how we did.

 Actually we have lost very few plants and are now in the editing process.....what I mean is we are removing and dividing plants that just got too huge.

That is not a bad problem to have!

Our mantra this fall will be: divide and conquer

 Many landscape Architects 

really don't like to over crowd a garden 

and plant

 " can to can" 

But I purchased plants 

that I knew we could divide later

 in other parts of the garden 

as they matured

 Plant lists and
new purchases are all included

 My master plant list was huge 

and I worked on it for about a month before 

we actually ordered anything

 We actually had two phases of plant orders 

for the front 

as the main areas of the garden were finished
and ready to plant

Nothing ever sat around and got neglected or dry

Actually even today when I go tho the nursery...I only buy what I can plant in a day or two 

never much longer than that

Included in this binder are lots of visual references as well

I need to add some of my own photos too...which I think will be a nice addition

I hope this helps you to get a start on your own garden projects....

Happy 

Gardening

off to the garage for my pruners!

....yea it never ends

K