SpringGreenThumb said:Lol.
I like to use GIMP a free photoshop app you can down load online and use to photo shop your ideas in first. It will save you thousands of dollars over the years.
Take a picture of the area and then find images of plants you like and photo shop them into the garden picture.
You will be amazed because by the time you are finished you will want something different than you thought you did to begin with.
The great thing about Photoshop is that you can move your plants around before you buy them.
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The biggest mistake new gardeners make is they run out an impulse buy everything cute at the nursery and most of it really does perish.
With photoshop you can even put a mature landscape in to see what kind of tree you really want.
Photoshop bolders,, pergola, flagstone pathways....
And when you finally have that look that takes your breathe away... You will know exactly what you are going to buy. π
You I'll know that perfect colored bolder when you see it... and you will know if the red or yellow tulips will look the best clumped around it before you spend any money.
Good Luck Dear! πΊπΊπΊ
I do not know how to photoshop anything and can't even figure out how to get the image of the area of my yard where I want to create a new garden (I've downloaded the image to my computer) imported into the GIMP program. 
So is there a GIMP for dummies 
or something easier for TOTAL BEGINNERS to use where you can actually see the plants you want to add to the area? I'm not computer illiterate when it comes to my work programs, but I am totally out of my realm when it comes to anything requiring paint, pictures, photoshop, etc. 
Any wonderful advice? 
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