Heather Evans

Landscape by Sawyer Berson (photo: Joshua McHugh) Happy summer! While I’m traveling this week, I’m resharing this fan favorite guide to enjoying your yard. How much time do you spend in your yard? I’m truly curious, so please answer my poll below. (Respondents get to see how others answer, too.) The average American spends only 7.6 percent of their time outside—slightly more than the 5.5 percent of time we spend in enclosed vehicles.

Portland garden designer Darcy Daniels’ yard (adapted from Better Homes & Gardens Perennial Gardening) Dear Design Your Wild, How and where do you locate destinations and focal points?—Workshop participant Intentionally! As pioneering user experience designer Jared Spool famously said, Design is the rendering of intent.

I love a bright-colored door! In this asymmetric entry by designer Bella Mancini, the front door and screen door frame are Benjamin Moore Santa Clara. (Photo: Read McKendree; source: House Beautiful) Dear Design Your Wild, Have you done any articles on designing a foundation garden? I have a really long house with a large area to landscape. Do you design it like a garden room?