Plan Your Next Garden Project 🌿

Fall is one of the best times of year to stop, look around your landscape, and ask a simple question:

What would make this space better?

Maybe you need more privacy. Maybe the front of the house feels a little bare. Maybe there’s a sunny corner that could use more color, or a shady area where nothing seems to quite work.

You don’t have to redesign the whole yard at once. Some of the best landscapes are built one thoughtful project at a time.

Start With the Problem You Want to Solve

Before choosing plants, think about what you want the space to do.

Are you looking to:

• Create a little more privacy?
  

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• Add year-round structure with evergreens?
• Bring more flowers and seasonal color into the landscape?
• Replace an overgrown or tired shrub?
• Fill an empty foundation bed?
• Add a flowering tree as a focal point?
• Create a pollinator-friendly garden?
• Make an entryway or patio feel more welcoming?

Once you know the goal, choosing the right plants becomes much easier.

Think in Layers

A beautiful garden usually isn’t made from just one type of plant.

Start with the larger pieces first — trees, evergreens, or substantial shrubs — then layer in flowering shrubs, perennials, grasses, and groundcovers.

That combination gives the garden structure while still allowing it to change throughout the seasons.

For example, an evergreen backdrop can provide year-round screening, while hydrangeas add summer flowers, ornamental grasses bring movement, and late-blooming perennials carry color into fall.

Don’t Forget About Fall Interest

It’s easy to design a garden around spring and summer flowers, but fall deserves a place in the plan too.

Plants such as sedum, anemone, Caryopteris, Black-Eyed Susans, ornamental grasses, asters, and other late-blooming perennials can keep a landscape colorful long after many summer plants have finished.

Shrubs with colorful foliage, berries, or interesting seed heads can add even more seasonal interest.

A little planning now can help create a garden that looks good for more than just a few weeks each year.

Fall Is a Great Time to Plant

Cooler air temperatures make fall planting much more comfortable for both gardeners and plants.

Meanwhile, the soil remains warm, giving newly planted trees, shrubs, and perennials time to begin establishing roots before winter.

That means fall is a great season to tackle projects like:

Privacy screens • Foundation plantings • New perennial beds • Flowering trees • Pollinator gardens • Entry gardens • Landscape replacements

Just remember that newly planted material still needs regular watering until the ground freezes.

Start Small if You Need To

A garden project does not have to mean an entire landscape overhaul.

Choose one area that bothers you every time you look at it.

Maybe it’s the empty corner beside the porch, the view you’d like to screen, or a garden bed that has never quite come together.

Start there.

A few well-chosen plants can completely change the way a space feels — and you can always build onto it over time.

Come Plan With Us

Not sure what will work in your space?

Bring us a few photos, approximate measurements, and information about how much sun the area receives. Tell us what you like, what you don’t like, and what you want the space to accomplish.

We can help you narrow down the options and find plants that make sense for your garden.

Fall is for planting — and your next favorite corner of the garden might start with one good idea.

Stop by and start planning your next garden project.

Fall color is officially starting to arrive, and the nursery is filling up with fresh plants for the season ahead.

Late summer is the perfect time to look around the garden and notice which areas could use a little lift. Maybe a container is looking tired, a perennial bed has a bare spot, or the front porch is ready for a seasonal refresh. A few new plants can make a surprisingly big difference.

Fresh Fall Annuals

If you want instant color, we just received a beautiful selection of cool-season and fall favorites.

Look for:

• Mums — the classic fall favorite in rich seasonal colors
• Asters — colorful, cheerful, and loved by late-season pollinators
• Pansies — perfect for containers, beds, and cooler weather
• Strawflower — colorful blooms with a unique papery texture
• Celosia — bold, feathery flowers in vibrant fall tones
• Marigolds — warm golds, oranges, and yellows that transition beautifully into autumn

Use them to freshen up porch pots, window boxes, garden beds, and entryways. Even replacing one or two tired summer plants can make a container feel completely new again.

Perennials That Shine in Late Summer & Fall

Some of the garden’s best performers are just getting started.

Our perennial selection is full of plants that bring late-season color, texture, and plenty of pollinator activity, including:

Anemones — airy pink and white blooms that add movement to the garden

Toad Lilies — unique, orchid-like flowers that are especially beautiful in shade

Sedums — both tall and low-growing varieties with excellent fall interest

Caryopteris — masses of blue flowers that bees absolutely love

Eupatorium — tall, airy blooms that are wonderful for pollinators

Hypericum — colorful flowers followed by decorative berries

Allium — bold flower heads that add shape and structure

Agastache — long-lasting blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

Solidago — cheerful golden flowers that bring the garden into fall

Black-Eyed Susans — sunny yellow blooms that are tough, dependable, and quintessentially late summer

These are great choices for extending color beyond the peak of summer and helping the garden continue to feel full and lively well into fall.

Give the Garden One More Moment

By late August, it’s completely normal for parts of the garden to start looking a little tired. That doesn’t mean the season is over.

Add a mum or pansy to a container. Tuck a Black-Eyed Susan or sedum into a perennial bed. Add an anemone for soft late-season color or Caryopteris for a burst of blue.

You don’t have to redo the whole landscape.

Sometimes one fresh plant, one refreshed container, or one newly filled garden corner is all it takes to make everything feel exciting again.

Fall is one of the most beautiful times to garden, and we’re just getting started.

Stop by and find your fall color while the selection is fresh!