Contrast, shape, texture, and form are crucial components in great garden design. A well-balanced garden should have variation in these key areas, encouraging the eye — and the gardener's hands — to ...

A wooden log and old nursery pots combine to form a stunning plant display for your outdoor flowers. Don't get rid of those used pots, as they're perfect for anchoring perennials and annuals to a log.

Large wood log with half of its bark laying in a garden along a mulched path. - Shetheastronaut/Getty Images Contrast, shape, texture, and form are crucial components in great garden design. A ...