Sculpture In The Mediterranean Garden – How To Have One For Next To No Money!
By Jonathan Yaakobi
An ornamental plant of distinct shape and form should almost always be included in a planting scheme.

Garden Design – What Approach To Take When Designing Different Areas Of The Same Plot
By Jonathan Yaakobi
If you have a lawn surrounded by flower beds shrubs and a fruit tree in the back garden, do you need the same thing in the front? This article raises a number of garden design issues.

How An Attitude Of Gratitude Can Help You Get The Most From Your Garden
By Jonathan Yaakobi
Good design and sound horticultural practice are necessary to create a fine garden. A good attitude is crucial too.

Ornamental Grasses – Their Place In A Dry Climate Garden
By Jonathan Yaakobi
Decorative grasses and grass-like plants are so versatile in their potential to solve design problems, that they are suitable to most garden styles, and especially to dry climate gardens.

Garden Design – The Role Of Emphasis Plants In Creating A Composition
By Jonathan Yaakobi
Creating a satisfying garden composition is a question of applying correctly the universal rules of design.

Asparagus, Liriope and Ophiopogon – Excellent Perennials For a Dry Climate And Mediterranean Garden.
By Jonathan Yaakobi
If you're looking for a group of plants that look good 12 months in the year, are appropriate to a number of design situations, and are easy to look after, then read on.

Ornamental Plants That Can Ruin Your Garden
By Jonathan Yaakobi
In order to avoid disappointment with your garden, it’s important to be aware of the types of plant, that for different reasons, can spoil your plot, and ruin your dream.

Tree Care – The Unseen Dangers That Threaten The Life Of Your Garden Trees
By Jonathan Yaakobi
Trees can seem perfectly healthy, yet be slowly dying. Appearances can be very deceptive.

Phormium tenax – An Important Plant For An Arid Climate And Mediterranean Garden
By Jonathan Yaakobi
Handsome in form, suitable to many conditions, and easy to grow. This is why Phormium is such a fine plant in dry climate gardens.

The Pampas Grass – When And How To Use It In The Garden
By Jonathan Yaakobi
The problems associated with growing this most spectacular of plants, often deter the home gardener from planting it. Here’s how you can overcome at least some of them