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A lot of people assume that learning how to design a minimalist garden means stripping your outdoor space of warmth or character, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Minimalist garden ideas ...

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There's more to mid-century garden design than a pair of a butterfly chairs on a sunlit terrace, or a satellite-shaped firepit, as covetable as they may be. In her new book, The Mid-Century Modern ...

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Modern garden design doesn’t have to mean soulless rows of plants arranged with geometric precision. At the Los Angeles home of designer Julie Burleigh, a looser hand and the spirit of experimentation ...