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It's time to embrace the 'shrub phase of your life'! Often considered ordinary, hum-drum, and nothing to get excited about, shrubs are some of the hardest working, yet often overlooked superstars in the garden. But with so many shrubs available how do you know which ones to choose?

Let landscape designer Rebecca Sweet inspire you with her 'Seven F's of Shrub Selection' to help transform your ho-hum garden into an eye-popping, year-round masterpiece.You'll discover old and new varieties alike that will provide long-lasting color, texture, flowers, and form – all while being low-maintenance.

With all of the buzzwords and trends in gardening these days, how do you know where to begin? Based off her best-selling book, Refresh Your Garden Design, Rebecca takes a fresh approach to explain and simplify traditional design concepts for home gardeners of all levels.

Both practical and inspirational, you'll learn how to break down traditional garden design principles into easy-to-understand and, more importantly, easy-to-implement solutions. Inspirational photographs highlight and reinforce real-life situations, helping you not only to identify what has gone wrong with your garden, but how to fix the problem. Find out just how easy it is to wake a weary garden, turning a 'blah' space into a breathtaking place.

Often called the 'Cinderellas of the landscape' side yards are some of the most challenging areas of the garden. Let landscape designer Rebecca Sweet inspire you with six stunning side yards, each with a distinctive style and purpose using before and after photos as well as detailed information as to what makes the particular side yard a success. No matter your style, you're sure to leave excited to transform this final frontier of your garden.

After decades of meeting with frustrated gardeners, landscape designer Rebecca Sweet has broken down the primary causes of headaches into seven main categories.

Mistakes such as Tiny Gardens-Tiny Plants, Clashing Color Combos, and One-of-each-it-is (to name just a few) can often derail the best of intentions.

Using photos and solutions that are inspiring, informative, and easy to put into practice, you’ll soon be on your way to a glorious garden.

A well-designed garden is so much more than following a prescribed set of garden ‘rules.’ Instead, a truly memorable garden contains counterintuitive concepts resulting in “Wow – I’ve never thought of that!” moments. To achieve this, sometimes you just need to be a rebel and break a few rules.

Let landscape designer, Rebecca Sweet, walk you through when and how to break the rules to achieve true garden glory!

Vertical gardening is the latest, most talked about garden trend. Whether you're interested in edibles, ornamentals or a little of both, taking advantage of vertical spaces (some of which you never knew you had!) is an easy way to take your garden to new heights.

Based off her national best-seller, Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces, Rebecca will highlight a range of vertical gardening ideas; from innovative living walls planted with grasses, natives or succulents to creative layering techniques for the skinniest of spaces to creative ways to use repurposed materials to further personalize your garden.

Does your garden feel small and cramped? Is it uninviting? Is it proof that you suffer from a serious case of ‘one-of-each-itis’?

Learn how one of the most powerful elements in your garden – color – is often the answer to many common garden problems.

So much more than ‘a pretty shade of pink’, color is one of the most powerful tools in your garden design toolbox.

This presentation appeals to gardeners of all levels and overflows with inspirational photographs that highlight/ reinforce both the easy-to-grasp planting strategies and before and after examples. See for yourself just how easy it is to fix a wide range of garden problems with the clever use of color.?