From Garden Style to Garden Shape
How your garden style can guide the shapes, lines and layout that hold your garden together
You may already know the kind of garden you love: romantic and abundant, calm and contemporary, or natural and relaxed.
But how do you turn that feeling into the actual shape of your garden?
In this live Garden Design Studio, Iāll show you how garden style can guide your flower bed shapes, lawn edges, lines, and overall layout so your garden feels more intentional and connected.
Saturday, October 3 ā¦ Live onlineĀ ā¦ 75-90 minutesĀ ā¦ $39
Join the Garden Design Studio - $39Saturday, October 3, 2026
11:00 AM New York / 10 AM Chicago / 8:00 AM Seattle / 6:00 PM Helsinki
75-90 minutes live + 14-day replayĀ Ā·Ā $39 USD
Optional garden photo or plan submission by October 1
SHAPES
Learn how different bed shapes can reinforce the character and style of a garden.Ā
LINES
See how straight, curved, formal or relaxed lines change the feeling of a space.
LAYOUT
Understand how shapes and lines work together to connect the different areas of your garden.
What youĀ“ll leave with
By the end of the Studio, youāll be better able to:
- recognize the shapes and lines that support the garden style you love
- look at your own flower beds, lawn edges and layout with a designer's eye
- understand how shape, line and layout work together to create a more cohesive garden
- identify one clear next design decision you can make in your own garden
Ready to see your garden with a designer's eye?
Join me live and learn how the style you love can begin to guide the actual shapes, lines and layout of your garden.
Join the Garden Design Studio ā $39Who itās for
This Studio is for home gardeners who know the kind of garden they love, but arenāt quite sure how to translate that style into the actual shapes, lines, and structure of their own garden.Ā
You don't need any garden design experience.
If youāve taken the Garden Style Quiz, bring your result with you. If you havenāt, you can take the free quizĀ before the Studio.
Take the Free Garden Style QuizBring your own garden into the Studio
You'll have the option to submit one garden photo or plan before the session.
I'll select a small number of submissions to use as teaching examples so we can look together at how garden style might translate into real shapes, lines, and layout decisions.
You don't need to submit anything to take part. You can simply come, learn, and ask questions.
Optional submission deadline: Thursday, October 1 at 11:59 PM ET.
Your garden designer
Iām Sari Lampinen, MSGLD, a garden and landscape designer with more than 20 years of experience helping homeowners turn ideas and inspiration into gardens that work as a whole.
In the Garden Design Studio, Iāll take you behind the design process and show you how a garden designer looks at real garden spaces in a practical way you can use in your own garden.
Do I need to have taken the Garden Style Quiz?
Do I need garden design experience?
Do I have to submit a photo or garden plan?
What if I canāt attend live?
Join me in the Garden Design Studio
Saturday, October 3, 2026
11:00 AM New York
10:00 AM Chicago
8:00 AM Seattle
6:00 PM Helsinki
75ā90 minutes live + 14-day replay
$39 USD
Optional garden photo/plan submission deadline:
Thursday, October 1 at 11:59 PM New York time
