{"id":243,"date":"2012-04-09T11:22:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T09:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com"},"modified":"2014-06-20T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T12:11:47","slug":"retirement-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/?page_id=243","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This garden needed to look attractive year-round, withstand very low-maintenance planting, and give pleasure for the residents at a distance and close-up. Additionally, several large specimens from the previous site had to be incorporated into the planting, without dwarfing the rest. The landscapers, Martin Paysages, did a great and speedy job of the planting.<\/p>\n<h4>How do you make a garden out of this?<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_608\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dec-09-feb-2010-120-400x225.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-608\" title=\"Before: still under construction\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dec-09-feb-2010-120-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Before: still under construction\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dec-09-feb-2010-120-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dec-09-feb-2010-120-400x225-250x140.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before: still under construction<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Like this!<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_615\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-7-400x300.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-615\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-7-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"One month after planting\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-7-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-7-400x300-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-7-400x300-268x200.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One month after planting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_611\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-9-400x300.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-611\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-9-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"One month on: rhododendron bed\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-9-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-9-400x300-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hmgardendesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Butini-early-planting-9-400x300-268x200.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One month on: rhododendron bed<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This garden needed to look attractive year-round, withstand very low-maintenance planting, and give pleasure for the residents at a distance and close-up. Additionally, several large specimens from the previous site had to be incorporated into the planting, without dwarfing the rest. 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