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2. Add good bones Does the front landscape have at least some interest in all four seasons, including winter? If not, it may be lacking structure or features other than blooming plants.

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Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ -- Some of the ground cover in Lois Henry's yard in a mutual garden she shares with Rachael DePauw in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, June 30, 2015.