To start, grab your garden photos or close your eyes and remember what pleased your about your garden last summer. That success is what you want to repeat throughout your garden next year. Or maybe you saw the perfect garden at a public garden or arboretum. It may have been on a much grander scale than your space will allow, but it is possible to reproduce it, or parts of it, in a smaller garden. When I do my winter dreaming, I long to add more diversity to my garden.
New plants take top priority.
Then, like rearranging furniture in my house, I think about how I want to rearrange what I have. This rearranging usually involves paths, rock walls and structures for climbing plants. Structure and Bones Put on your boots and winter coat and take a winter walk through your garden. A good garden design provides year-round interest. If you only see snow, then either you have a record amount of snow that covered up everything, or you have a garden with no bones.