Paper Garden Workshop

Paper Garden Workshop I teach budding designers about the beautiful world of garden design and landscape graphics.

GARDEN DESIGN EDUCATION | ILLUSTRATION | PRESENTATIONS

My name is Lisa Nunamaker and I love teaching garden design in a fun and simple way. The word PAPER connects to the idea of how we design and plan our gardens on paper first. The word WORKSHOP connects to the idea of practicing the concepts of design and graphics. When possible I’ll continue to show you step-by-step ideas of how to draw and d

esign gardens, in hopes that you’ll try them too. The words together, PAPER GARDEN WORKSHOP creates a spirited place to learn garden design.

Here is another contribution to the special publication: 2026 Perennial Gardening. An issue filled with lots of great p...
05/22/2026

Here is another contribution to the special publication: 2026 Perennial Gardening. An issue filled with lots of great planting design ideas.
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This is the fourth of five new plans. This one is the SHADE perennial border…focusing on plants that grow in dappled shade or on the north or east side of your home.
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Some of the included plants are:

Carex albicans
Geranium x cantabrigiense
Hosta ‘Gooseberry Sundae’
Polygonatum odoratum
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Check out this issue for images of these plant ideas.
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Perennial Gardening is available for purchase in stores as of April 2026.

Here is another contribution to the special publication: 2026 Perennial Gardening. An issue filled with lots of great p...
05/07/2026

Here is another contribution to the special publication: 2026 Perennial Gardening. An issue filled with lots of great planting design ideas.
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This is the third of five new plans. This one is the WILDLIFE perennial border…focusing on plants that provide nectar-rich plants.
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Some of the included plants are:

Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’
Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Apricot’
Helianthus salicifolius ‘First Light’
Nepeta ‘Blue’
Rudbeckia maxima
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Check out this issue for images of these plant ideas.
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Perennial Gardening is available for purchase in stores as of April 2026.

🖤🖤🖤Here is another contribution to the special publication: 2026 Perennial Gardening. An issue filled with lots of grea...
04/22/2026

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Here is another contribution to the special publication: 2026 Perennial Gardening. An issue filled with lots of great planting design ideas.
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This is the second of five new plans. This one is the DROUGHT-TOLERANT perennial border…focusing on plants that are tough where water is scarce.
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Some of the included plants are:

Allium ‘Bubble Bath’
Allium ‘Cobalt Millennium’
Allium sphaerocephalon
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Heaven’
Sedum telephium ‘Dark Magic’
Stachys byzantina ‘Big Ears’
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Check out this issue for images of these plant ideas.
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Perennial Gardening is available for purchase in stores as of April 2026.

I’m excited to contribute, once again, to another special publication. Thisissue is titled: 2026 Perennial Gardening…an...
04/20/2026

I’m excited to contribute, once again, to another special publication. This
issue is titled: 2026 Perennial Gardening…and is filled with lots of great planting design ideas.
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I created five new plans that I’ll share here and over the next four posts. This one is the DEER-RESISTANT
perennial border…focused on plants that deer typically avoid.
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Some of the plants included:
Coreopsis verticillata
Echinacea pupurea ‘Fragrant Angel’
Eryngium yuccifolium
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Salvia nemorosa ‘dark matter’
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
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Check out this issue for additional deer-resistant plant ideas.
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Perennial Gardening is available for purchase in stores as of April 2026. Find it in your local grocery, book or box stores.

The Collective Boot Camp is an ongoing series where we dive into the basics of garden design. In this addition, we’ll fo...
03/13/2026

The Collective Boot Camp is an ongoing series where we dive into the basics of garden design. In this addition, we’ll focus on: The Elements of Planting Design: Form + Texture + Color.
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This Bootcamp is comprised of three live sessions where we’ll learn how these elements work together in a planting design.
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You’ll also get access to a Garden Design Guide originally created for members of the Garden Design Collective, so you can see the kind of resources we share inside our membership.
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These sessions will take place on the dates below:

Monday, March 23
Tuesday, March 24
Wednesday, March 25

These will start each day at 6 PM US central time.
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Comment BOOTCAMP below and I’ll DM a link to you with more information. 🌼
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If you’d like a structured, introductory look at planting design and a preview of how we teach inside the Garden Design Collective, this bootcamp for you.

Dreaming about spring. How about you? …..Photo by .es
03/02/2026

Dreaming about spring. How about you?
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Photo by .es

01/07/2025

Join NNLA for a design workshop featuring award-winning designer, artist, and educator, Lisa Nunamaker. This one day workshop will explore the beauty of arranging plant materials. Register at https://members.nnla.org/nnla-events

We still have two free Garden Room Masterclasses open in the next week! You'll learn about the basic unit of landscape d...
09/19/2024

We still have two free Garden Room Masterclasses open in the next week! You'll learn about the basic unit of landscape design: the garden room. Once we understand that we're creating outdoor SPACES (rather than simply placing objects in the landscape) our design perspective is transformed. We will also discuss the ins and outs of our membership, The Garden Design Collective. I look forward to seeing you in class!

Grab your seat here: https://www.papergardenworkshop.com/garden-rooms-registration

I feel so fortunate to be a part of this awesome new guide by Monrovia
07/09/2024

I feel so fortunate to be a part of this awesome new guide by Monrovia

01/13/2024

Here are the companies that have signed up so far to “speed-date” you on Jan 23:




Castohn LLC



Northwest Nurseries
rockerylandscapesupply

Terrain Seattle

Get ready to meet these APLDWA sponsors, network with your peers, and of course, take part in a series of mini-seminars with the unstoppable Lisa Nunamaker of .garden.workshop.

Members and non-members welcome.

REGISTER NOW!
Jan 23, 9.30-3pm
Brightwater Center, Woodinville, WA
👉 www.apldwa.org/events OR see Linktree in profile

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