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DIY Design a Garden You Enjoy EVERY DAY.

Learn how to design a cohesive look for your garden, no matter your level of experience or whether your outdoor space is large or small.

Discover Your Garden Style
Hi, I'm Sari Lampinen, MSGD, a Landscape & Garden Designer. I'm here to help you DIY design a garden you'll love—a space that makes you say 'WOW' and fills you with pride because you did it yourself.

With over 20 years of professional garden design experience and hundreds of happy clients, I’m passionate about creating cohesive outdoor spaces that reflect my clients’ personalities, needs, and lifestyles. Now, I’m excited to teach you how to do the same, guiding you step by step to design a garden that’s uniquely yours.

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Find Your True Style

You won't believe how much clarity you'll get when you know the perfect forms to use in layout, suitable hardscape materials, garden features, and plants aligned with your style. 

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Essential Evergreens

Want to make your garden look more attractive all year round? Why wait? Use my fast and easy list of evergreens to choose the right ones for your backyard. It's suitable for USDA Plant Hardiness zones 2 to 9.

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Ideal Garden Project 

This workbook is tailored to guide you through the three essential steps of choosing and kickstarting your next ideal project. You are well on your way to making your best garden ideas a reality!

Make Your Ideas Happen

Plants you love.
A style that speaks to you.
A space that truly feels like you.

As featured on TV and in numerous magazines, I’ve helped countless garden owners design outdoor spaces that reflect their personal style and lifestyle. Whether you’re feeling stuck or need fresh inspiration, I’ll guide you to stop procrastinating and create the garden you’ve always dreamed of—so you can enjoy a space that refreshes and re-energizes you every day.
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Minna

Helsinki, Finland

After attending Sari's course, I feel confident in selecting plants, and I know what I need to take into consideration when making my choices, such as colors, sizes, flowering periods, placement, and so on. I look forward to see my flower garden in full bloom.

Ora & Benjamin

Colorado, USA

 I love that Sari took us step by step. The quiz gave us the garden style we wanted, during the online session she really guided us to create our own dream garden based on our taste and needs.

 

Sara Underwood

Massachusetts, USA

Sari made great color suggestions, taking into account my preferences for darker colors for both flowers and foliage. She pulled up photos of the plants so I could see how they looked and would be able to see how they fit with the other plants to produce an overall effect.

Blog posts, videos

Garden design tips, ideas, and guidance to transform your garden

From Snow to Bloom: Designing a Dream Cottage Garden in Winter

Hold Off on Pruning! Garden Care & Wildlife Support for Fall-to-Win...

How to Keep Your Garden Vibrant with Year-Round Color Planning

Hydrangea 'Annabelle' is good plant for a modern low-maintenance garden
Starting a garden with low-maintenance garden perennials like Sedum

“I've always found choosing plant and flower colours difficult, and more often than not, gone with expensive trial and error, and felt horribly guilty when taking plants out that just don't work. I feel a lot more confident now. I have a game plan, I can pick the right colours and styles to give balance, and envoke how I want to feel in the garden and how I want visitors to feel as well.”

 

Pip Barrett, Western Australia

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