Fall is perfect time to contemplate changes, make improvements

Fall is the perfect time of year to consider changes to the landscape and get new plants into the ground due to warm soil and cooler nights. The roots will grow quickly and by next spring the plants will be ready to take off. It’s all about planning!

Learning landscape design took me a few semesters of college and several years of experience, but this article is designed to provide the basics of design concepts in a nutshell here. Hopefully it can provide some ideas of what the possibilities are in the garden.

To begin with, there are eight basic garden design principles: unity, repetition, co...