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Simple Design Steps Can Take Your Garden To The Next Level
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A bench around a tree and raised flower and vegetable beds, all built by landscape designer Katharine Pinney from discarded scaffolding, are shown in a kitchen garden at a home in La Canada, Calif.
An arbor, pergola, lattice — even posts with netting wrapped around them — will grab attention, especially at a yard’s entrance. It also adds height where homeowners normally think only about length and width, Lehrer said. Adding clematis, climbing roses or honeysuckle along them will provide long periods of blooms.