South facing slopes warm up faster in the spring and stay warmer longer in the fall iii. Illinois' winds require that you consider wind protection in your garden design iii. An important consideration is degree of acidity or alkalinity iii. The design must fit your location a. Introduction i. Take into account frost hollows, swells, shady spots, etc.
Designs can be informal or formal b.
Go to your garden at different times of the day and with string mark where the shade-sun boundaries are. Allows you to make the most of the available sunlight iv. Traditional design established hundreds of years ago -Comes out of an English gardening tradition that was brought to the new world with the early colonists ii. It is based on the intersection of two major paths within a symmetrical enclosed area -These gardens are often surrounded by brick walls or boxwood hedges iii.