Garden arbors and arches

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Garden arbors and arches

One of the most elegant additions you can make to your garden is a decorative accent, and a garden arbor or garden arch not only makes a beautiful accent piece, but it’s also quite useful for functionality too.

Garden arbors and arches are often used in several different ways. Most people buy an arch or arbor for decorative purposes. They may want to create a graceful entryway to their yard or garden for instance, or they might like to enhance a specific area of their garden instead. Garden arbors and arches are wonderful for functionality too though, because many different types of flowers and vines can be planted near them, and trained to climb up the arch or arbor to create an elegant, finished look.

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Bushes and Shrubs

Bushes and Shrubs

Many new gardeners automatically think about flowers and plants when they first start creating their gardens. They dream of blooming tulips, climbing flower vines on a trellis, or sprouting kitchen herb gardens. What they don’t often realize though, is that no garden is fully complete without some select choices of bushes and shrubs.

Now the unfortunate flip side to the above scenario is the inexperienced gardener who decides to plant bushes and shrubs everywhere - particularly right next to the house. There’s nothing specifically wrong with planting bushes in front of your home, but most new gardeners make one classic mistake time and again… they plant things too close together when the plants are small.

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