So what ended up is this mandala garden, berm and swale. Berms and swales are a strategy within permaculture design that we designed the, basically a swale is a ditch on contour and so it runs ...

with the perimeter berm planted with a native perennial meadow mix. One interesting thing about this design was that it was created in a relatively small, square front garden area, alongside a ...

As far as design aesthetics go, Savoie said, you don’t want your berm to look like a buried whale ... He recommends buying the plants from a local garden center. Those from big box stores ...

Once you clarify your berm’s purpose, you can design its size and shape. A rule of thumb is to limit the height of the berm to no more than one-fifth its width. The site should allow for a ...

When his neighbor on Sagaponack Road needed a pool fence, Seeler built a berm ... he designs for his clients. "I try to find out what their dream is," he said. "It can be a pond. A super garden.

And the garden berm that surrounds one end is practical ... The advantages of an above-ground patio waterfall are: With this design, there’s practically none of the worst part of pond building ...

"This gives you some interest even in the winter," says Rich Cording Jr., co-owner of CLC Landscape Design ... to build a berm, a mound that you can cover with a rock or flower garden.