GLBT AMERICA gardening Coastal garden ideas: 10 ways to design gardens by the ocean

Coastal garden ideas: 10 ways to design gardens by the ocean

Coastal garden design embraces natural textures, weathered finishes, a loose and relaxed style of planting and spots to pause and enjoy the ocean vistas stretching out before you.

Although an ocean view can come with challenging conditions, it also presents an opportunity to grow plants that thrive in the salty, windy, exposed situation, and create a design quite unlike any other.

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As landscape architects, two Oregon women laid the groundwork for many of the Northwest’s enduring gardensAs landscape architects, two Oregon women laid the groundwork for many of the Northwest’s enduring gardens

The scenery has improved in the century since Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver founded the first landscape architecture firm owned and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest. Home gardeners