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PAS Garden Home: Frame the View

A well designed garden includes beautiful pictures!  In this episode of P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home we’ll discuss the design principle of Framing the View.

Construction Update
At the Garden Home Retreat we built a fence to screen the heat and air units.  It’s made from treated lumber and painted white to match the trim of the house. 

At my garden in the city I’ve created a mixed herbaceous border around the perimeter of the property to block out the noise and add privacy.

The Green Component
Shutter expert Rick Skidmore describes the hardware used to mount the shutters at the Garden Home Retreat.

Garden Home Inside and Out
Stephen Christenson shows us how to make botanical “prints” with pressed leaves.

Friends in the Garden
Marla Crider at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs Arkansas takes on a tour of this peaceful retreat.  It is one of only eight public woodland gardens in the United States and the only one on a body of water.

Garden Home How To
Crabapple ‘Narragansett’ is a tree for four seasons.  White blooms in spring, glossy, disease free foliage in summer, brilliant fall color and red fruits in winter.

Morning Glory ‘Milky Way’ is an annual vine that produces saucer-shaped white and purple blooms.

Silver Lace Vine is a perennial vine with tiny, lacy blossoms that appear in fall.

Virtual Makeover
Vicky in Indiana submitted a photo of her home for a Virtual Garden Makeover. 

Pets in the Garden
A visit to a poultry show proves to be a great way to discover bantam chicken breeds.  These types of chickens are smaller than the standard breeds so they are perfect for raising in limited space.

Allen’s Collections
A stylish table setting is created from some unusual items.  Flower frogs make great seating card holders, antique engravings of landscape designs that are photocopied and laminated become unique placemats and a collection of glass bottles creates a beautiful centerpiece.