Style and Plant Combos

Known for exciting and unusual color and texture combinations, Honey’s gardens express much more. They are about balancing personal vision with the given landscape. A client’s personal tastes and preferences are fundamental to a successful garden. These can range from a fondness for an English cottage garden style or a more serene Asian one.

When it comes to plant material, trees and shrubs are paramount. Anchoring the landscape, they provide year-around interest. Although Honey extols native plants, she also indulges in exotic and lesser-known ones as well. Of course, not so common bed partners will also enhance the personality of a garden. Why not mix edible, elegant dark jade kale with blood red dahlias?

By playing up focal points — a Japanese lamp or a 19th century stone well-cover enhanced by rust colored lichen — Honey continues to find perfect opportunities for a garden.

Since low-maintenance is often a priority, simply editing the existing landscape can be a solution: reducing the lawn, encouraging a wild meadow and pruning trees are all good options. Then comes the fun part: introducing ornamental grasses which require little care while remaining soothing and dazzling to the eye and touch.