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What shape should your garden take? Learn about different garden layouts, flow and access as well as other factors to consider when creating or redesigning the overall structure of your new garden.

There are many factors to consider when selecting your plant palette. We will look at color theory, texture and how specific plants can clearly communicate specific garden styles.

Focal point plants sets the tone for the entire design and helps determine all the other plantings.  Learn how to select focal point plants for both aesthetics and conditions during the planning and planting process.

Learn how to successfully incorporate cacti into your dry garden landscape design.

Soil is the foundation of healthy plants.  Join Walker Young, Assistant Curator, for a virtual lecture to learn about the content of soil, recommendations for the perfect ratio of materials, and the care that your soil needs in order to keep your dry garden plants healthy and happy.

Join Cricket Riley, in-house Landscape Designer, for an introductory course about how to assess your landscape and install a drip irrigation system that is suitable for dry gardens.

Layering a garden with groundcovers and vines can help highlight hardscapes and focal plants as well as providing a practical element of weed and erosion control.  Learn how to incorporate a variety of groundcovers and vines into a dry garden landscape.

With bold, eye-catching features, agaves and similar plants (like yuccas and Bromeliaceae plants) can be a wonderful addition in dry garden designs, whether as an accent or companion plant.