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An Amazon “Best Books of 2013” selection Savvy Side Yard Solutions Sadly, for many homeowners, their side yard is merely an afterthought. With a typical width of just 712 feet, these areas are often considered wasted space – with dimensions that are too narrow, uneven lighting, and competition with the necessities of life (ie: garbage cans, composters, A/C units). As such, an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude is taken and before you know it they’ve become your garden’s wasteland. Side yards, however, can be so much more! Join me as I break down reallife examples using beforeand afters, inspirational photos, and strategies designed to show how you, too, can transform this final frontier of the garden. Common Problems Lack of space = lackluster design Lack of privacy from neighbors Lack of personality Uneven lighting Where to store your everyday ‘stuff’ Unsightly views from inside the home Simple Solutions Optical illusions – make more out of less Layer up, not out Privacy screening Creative containers Focal point fences Creative storage InsideOut design Savvy Side Yard Solutions Presented by Rebecca Sweet Rebecca Sweet is a landscape designer, author, and lifelong gardener based in Northern California. Rebecca’s gardens have been featured in Sunset, Fine Gardening, Woman’s Day and American Gardener and she has been a guest on the critically acclaimed PBS series Growing a Greener World. She is the author of Refresh Your Garden Design with Color, Texture & Form and the coauthor of Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small & Large Spaces. Learn more about Rebecca’s designs, books and upcoming events at www.harmonyinthegarden.com

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  An Amazon “Best Books of 2013” selection      Savvy  Side  Yard  Solutions  Sadly,  for  many  homeowners,  their  side  yard  is  merely  an  afterthought.    With  a  typical  width  of  just  7-­‐12  feet,  these  areas  are  often  considered  wasted  space  –  with  dimensions  that  are  too  narrow,  uneven  lighting,  and  competition  with  the  necessities  of  life  (ie:  garbage  cans,  composters,  A/C  units).    As  such,  an  ‘out  of  sight,  out  of  mind’  attitude  is  taken  and  before  you  know  it  they’ve  become  your  garden’s  wasteland.      Side  yards,  however,  can  be  so  much  more!      Join  me  as  I  break  down  real-­‐life  examples  using  before-­‐and  -­‐  afters,  inspirational  photos,  and  strategies  designed  to  show  how  you,  too,  can  transform  this  final  frontier  of  the  garden.      Common  Problems  

• Lack  of  space  =  lackluster  design  • Lack  of  privacy  from  neighbors  • Lack  of  personality  • Uneven  lighting  • Where  to  store  your  everyday  ‘stuff’  • Unsightly  views  from  inside  the  home  

   Simple  Solutions  

• Optical  illusions  –  make  more  out  of  less  • Layer  up,  not  out  • Privacy  screening  • Creative  containers  • Focal  point  fences  • Creative  storage  • Inside-­‐Out  design  

Savvy  Side  Yard  Solutions  Presented  by  Rebecca  Sweet  

 Rebecca  Sweet  is  a  landscape  designer,  author,  and  lifelong  gardener  based  in  Northern  California.    Rebecca’s  gardens  have  been  featured  in  Sunset,  Fine  Gardening,  Woman’s  Day  and  American  Gardener  and  she  has  been  a  guest  on  the  critically  acclaimed  PBS  series  Growing  a  Greener  World.  She  is  the  author  of  Refresh  Your  Garden  Design  with  Color,  Texture  &  Form  and  the  co-­‐author  of  Garden  Up!    Smart  Vertical  Gardening  for  Small  &  Large  Spaces.  Learn  more  about  Rebecca’s  designs,  books  and  upcoming  events  at  www.harmonyinthegarden.com    

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 Presentation  Plant  List    Top-­‐layer  plants  (tall  and  narrow)  

• Acer  japonicum  ‘Fernleaf  Fullmoon  Maple’  • Azara  microphylla  (Box-­‐leaf  Azara)  • Prunus  caroliniana  ‘Bright-­‐n-­‐Tight’  (Compact  

Cherry  Laurel)    • Pittosporum  tobira  ‘Variegata’  –  limbed  up  • Pittosporum  tenuifolium  ‘Tasman  Ruffles’  

(cold  hardy)  • Ilex  crenata  ‘Sky  Pencil’  (Japanese  Holly)    

 Mid-­‐layer  plants  (see-­‐through)  

• Verbena  bonariensis  (Purpletop  Vervain)    • Nicotiana  mutabilis  (Flowering  Tobacco)  • Helianthus  salicifolius  (Willow  Leaf  

Sunflower)  • Anigozanthos  ‘Harmony’  (Kangaroo  Paw)  • Kniphofia  sp.  (Red  Hot  Pokers)  • Bouteloua  gracilis  ‘Blonde  Ambition’  (Blue  

Grama  Grass  • Calamagrostis  acutifolia  ‘Overdam’    

 Lower-­‐layer  plants    

• Heuchera  ‘Southern  Comfort’  &  ‘Stormy  Seas’  • Liriope  ‘Silvery  Sunproof’  &  ‘Silver  Dragon’  • Hellebore  lividus  ‘Pink  Marble’  • Ophiopogon  planiscapus  ‘Nigrescens’    (Black  

Mondo  Grass)  • Calluna  vulgaris  ‘Gold  Haze’  • Melinis  repens  ‘Pink  Crystals’  (Ruby  Grass)  

 Tall  and  Narrow  Trees  

• Ginkgo  biloba  ‘Princeton  Sentry’  (Maidenhair  Tree)  40’  x  15’    

• Prunus  caroliniana  ‘Bright-­‐n-­‐Tight’  (Compact  Laurel  Cherry)  20’x15’    

• Carpinus  belulus  ‘Frans  Fontaine’  (Compact  Hornbeam)  30’  x  18’  

• Acer  japonicum  ‘Fernleaf  Fullmoon  Maple’  • Fagus  sylvaticus  ‘Purple  Fountain’  (Weeping  

Beech)  20’  x  10’  Vines  for  Balconies  &  Courtyards  

• Akebia  quinata  (Chocolate  Vine)  • Trachelospermum  jasminoides  (Star  Jasmine)  • Jasminum  polyanthum  (Pink  Jasmine)  •      Jasminum  officinale  ‘Fiona  Sunrise’  (Gold  Jasmine)  • Wisteria  frutescens  ‘Amethyst  Falls’    • Clematis  alpine  ‘Stolwijk  Gold’  • Clematis  ‘Avalanche’  (Evergreen)  • Passiflora  sanguinolenta  ‘Maria  Rosa’  (Passion  

Vine)  

       Creative  Color  Echoes  

• Hydrangea  ‘Oregon  Pride’  • Hydrangea  ‘Lady  in  Red’  • Weigela  ‘Wine  and  Roses’  • Hellebore  lividus  ‘Pink  Marble’  • Athyrium  niponicum  ‘Burgundy  Lace’  

(Japanese  Painted  Fern)    Plants  with  fine/delicate  foliage  

• Sarcocca  hookeriana  var.  humilis  • Sarcocca  hookeriana  ‘Purple  Stem’  • Pteris  tremula  (Trembling  Brake  Fern)  • Asplenium  bulbiferum  (Mother  Fern)  • Liriope  ‘Silvery  Sunproof’  &  ‘Silver  Dragon’  • Geranium  cantabrigienses  ‘Biokovo’  • Mahonia  eurybracteata  ‘Soft  Caress’        

 Plants  to  brighten  dark  corners  

• Daphne  odora  ‘Marianni’  • Euonymus  ‘Gold  Spot’  • Hakonechloa  macra  ‘Aureola’  (Hakone  Grass)  • Symphytum  uplandicum  ‘Axminster  Gold’  (Russian  Comfrey)  

• Carex  oshimensis  ‘Everillo’  (Carex)  • Jasminum  officinale  ‘Fiona  Sunrise’  (Gold  Jasmine)  • Heuchera  ‘Citronelle’    • Rosa  ‘Iceberg’  • Rosa  ‘Gruss  An  Aachen’  • Clematis  ‘Wisely  Cream’    

Dwarf  varieties  • Hydrangea  paniculata  ‘Little  Limelight’  • Hydrangea  ‘Ayesha’  (Popcorn  Hydrangea)  • Salvia  officinalis  ‘Icertina’  • Wisteria  frutescens  ‘Amethyst  Falls’  

(American  Wisteria)  • Nandina  ‘Flirt’