Think Pink

There’s something to be said about sticking to a palette of pinks in the garden. Delicate pinks, especially when paired with creamy whites and chartreuse greens, provide a sense of softness and elegance. But add splashes of vivid pinks and bright magentas and the temperature gets cranked way up. That’s because combining contrasting pinks creates visual excitement. Plus, pink goes with almost every other color in the spectrum. In fact, the color pink can enhance almost any garden, a lesson Trisha Burdick learned over many years of trial and error in her zone 4 garden in Wayzata, Minnesota. “When we purchased this property in 1991 we could have never imagined how it would be transformed over the many years of landscaping,” says Trisha. “To be honest, I had no idea what I was doing in the beginning and I never even planned on becoming a gardener.”

But Trisha rolled up her sleeves and started doing her homework. Take a tour of the results