Have you ever looked at a garden and it seemed to get lost to its backdrop? Without visual guides created by an overarching structure, the eye doesn’t know where to rest, or where to register the end of a garden. When this happens, the garden becomes confused in its setting.
Thoughtfully placed objects, trees and shrubs solve the problem. Knowing where to add these elements simply requires a slow walk around the garden. And winter is the ideal season for such a walk, as these items are the ones that do not retreat with the first killing frost.
In a small garden, just a few structural elements can suffice to define the space, but on larger property it helps to create vignettes—mini gardens that make up a unified, cohesive garden plan. Each vignette needs its own organizing
