Get Started Creating Your Dream Garden Oasis with Instant Access to this Mood Board Workshop - $29 USD
Make Your Own Garden Vibe Blueprint in two Pre-Recorded Workshop Sessions
This workshop was initially presented LIVE but is now available for you to purchase as UNCUT recordings. Get the live experience without having to be there for just $29 USD.
👉️This workshop will help you nail your unique garden style (how you want your space to function, look like & feel like).
👉️You'll gain a clear vision for your home garden that you can DIY (or hand over to a professional to make it a reality).
👉️If you want a garden oasis that’s oozing with your own personal style… and feels the way you’ve always imagined it, this workshop is for you.
Session 1 & 2 are 90 minutes each. The Canva instruction videos total about 60 minutes.
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"I subscribed to your workshop and I just want to say that I love your teaching style. I sent my mood board to a garden designer I wanted to hire and she asked if I was a professional 🥰!" -Lyandra
A true garden mood board is NOT just another Pinterest board.
🗞️ This workshop will go far beyond the “idea generation” you may have already done and give you the blueprints to a clear, specific and implementable vision for your unique home sanctuary that looks like you, feels like you and that you’ll be excited to spend time in every single day.
💐 If you’re anything like me, you fall in love with every single plant you see at the garden center. I want to take them ALL home with me and tuck them into my landscape here and there.
📸 But a design is much stronger with a clear vision for your space. And without that vision, squeezing plants into already full garden beds only makes matters worse.
🌳 Have you ever been through this? You buy a bunch of stuff for your garden, plant it, and then hate it. You buy a gorgeous new shrub, spend the afternoon planting it, and then realize, darn-it, it's way too close to the walkway. So now you're huffing and puffing as you dig up the beast. Every day feels like a constant battle; plant lover vs. unruly garden.
❄️ The snow is melting, spring is coming and you look outside, wondering if you have yet another spring and summer of NOT fully enjoying your outdoor space. Yet, when you close your eyes and try to envision what you want, all you can see are endless images of pretty things that don't have any cohesive vision. Even if you’ve tried to implement your ideas, they don't make sense and never turn out like you thought.
🌻 Maybe you bring someone along with you to the garden center, hoping they’ll stop you from spending a gazillion dollars on nine more plants that you have zero space for? Filling your space with more plants than we have room for feels good (in the moment). Then, it looks more cluttered than it does beautiful because there's no clear vision to tie the space together. There’s always this “nagging feeling” that it’s not enough.
🏡 If you don’t know where to get started with your landscaping… this workshop is where you start (yes, even before you start picking plants).
“I think working through the Garden Statement was so enlightening! Especially defining a purpose for a garden - that was an eye-opener for me." -Deb W.
Designing a garden mood board will give you a clear lens through which all of your garden ideas can pass through.
Like a crystal (clear) garden style gazing ball!
☕️ Imagine you're in your bathrobe and slippers, sipping your morning coffee on your new handpicked porch swing, surrounded by your favorite flowers and the sound of the water in the stream that you had put in. Instead of putting it off as another dream for another year, what if this is the year that you actually did it?
🖼️ Instead of getting lost in all of the ideas that never felt possible, you’re now moving on to the fun part: getting to design your landscape in a way that 100% vibes with your own personality and style. With a garden mood board in your back pocket, you’ll have your vision laid out on paper whenever you need and to pass along to anyone who needs it. Your decisions will feel clear and you (or your landscaper) will know exactly what to do and what materials to buy to make your dream garden a reality.
🏪 Because you have a vision in place, every time you walk into the garden center you know exactly what you’re looking for. And, when any distraction catches your eye, you pull your mood board out of your pocket and instantly you’re back on track. You save a boatload of money, purchasing only the things you need. And it always feels like enough.
🍽️ Plus, you will have a space that you feel a lot of pride in. You’ll be excited to either spend time in it yourself or finally host that dinner party for your friends and loved ones. A feeling of pride and gratitude will swell over you when a morning walker asks you if they can stop and smell your flowers or snap a photo next to your Zen buddha fountain.
🍷 After a long day, you’re looking forward to grabbing a cup of coffee (or glass of Pinot) and stepping outside to your backyard oasis; a space that accurately reflects the vision you had from the beginning. All of the stress from the day just melts from your shoulders as your fingers graze the dragonfly wind chime your grandmother left to you. You stroll along your garden path admiring the colors, scents and the buzzing activity; completely in AWE that the garden YOU created feels so alive. All because it started with your unique vision.
No matter what your gardening skill level is…
Whether this is your first time putting a seed in the ground or you’ve been gardening with your parents your whole life, this workshop is a great fit for you.
Once you go through the process of defining your unique garden style and creating a mood board, you’ll know what vibe you want your garden to have.
You’ll know what types of furniture to use.
You’ll know what hardscape materials and structures speak to your personal style.
You’ll know what colors and what plants will fit into your vision.
Finally get your ideas out of your head and into your landscape.
Nothing keeps a gardener more stuck than having lots of great ideas and absolutely no idea how to bring it all together.
As a designer, there's definitely a process that I follow for this. It helps me to quickly gather and organize all of my ideas into a unique and beautiful garden oozing with personality and unique touches... instead of looking like a mish-mash of random things plunked here and there in a yard.
Even if you're not a designer, having a process to make sense of your ideas and discover what you really, truly want for your garden is essential.
The easiest way to achieve this at home is by creating a mood board. Its a simple photo collage that will express the look, feel and personality of your space.
All About the Find Your Garden Style Mood Board Workshop
A fun and unique hands-on experience to get your garden planning unstuck & infuse your own personal style into your space.
Mood boards are a great way to get a visual picture of how different ideas you have will work together in your garden space. It can help you decide on the colors, materials, focal points, plants and style of your garden. It's a super helpful exercise for visual people like us 
You can create a mood board on a big old piece of poster board with magazine clippings. Or even use a computer program to gather your thoughts and ideas and lay them out on a page.
You'll learn:
- How to analyze your own personal style and learn what you like and don’t like.
- How to translate your personal style into your outdoor garden spaces (your garden style).
- What to include (and exclude) from your mood board to make your vision crystal clear.
- How to choose the right images to include in your garden vibe blueprint so anyone helping you will be on the same page.
Get instant access to the recordings when you purchase. Leave the workshop with a printable mood board tucked into your back pocket that represents your clear garden vision (i.e. it’s a real piece of paper containing your organized ideas). Use your mood board to DIY your garden or hand it over to a professional to finally make your dream oasis a reality.
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"While my vegetable gardening has been highly functional and productive, I was dissatisfied with my garden’s lack of cohesion and beauty. Your well organized material made it so easy to think about a huge subject and made it approachable and easy to understand. I'm feeling confident and very satisfied with the workshop." -Darlene H.
The Specifics Covered in the Workshop:
- ✅ What are mood boards and how to use mood boards to represent your own garden style.
- ✅ How to brainstorm ideas for your garden through question prompts.
- ✅ How to analyze artwork, colors, objects, fashion, etc. around your home to pinpoint your personal style.
- ✅ The 4 main garden styles and what makes them different.
- ✅ Where to find inspiration photos and what types you should be saving.
- ✅ How to choose the key features and focal points for your garden.
- ✅ How to take all of your brainstorming, narrow it down and tie it together for a unique design.
- ✅ How to create your own "garden statement sentence" that will explain your garden.
- ✅How to actually design your mood board online in Canva (template will be provided). There will also be a printable template if you want to make an actual collage by hand.
Mood Board Workshop Details
This fun and unique hands-on experience is great for all skill levels (beginners, those who know enough to be dangerous and even seasoned gardeners). If you want to get your garden planning unstuck & infuse your own personal style into your space, this workshop is for you!
- You are purchasing uncut, unedited RECORDINGS from live sessions that took place in June, 2022.
- Cost: $29 USD
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“You are awesome and your course is a garden's angels sent. It is clear, concise, effective, to the point, with examples that can be followed and I actually know and understand what you are talking about. Thank you:)” -Nafee
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“Hi Amy!! I can't thank you enough for your help, your hints, your hard work and research!! You have hit on every single thing I've always questioned but could find no clear answers. You break it down to basics which a newbie to landscaping needs!! I should know more but was busy raising 3 children and working so I just kept alive what was placed here by previous owner. It's now time to make it beautiful year round with manageable maintenance. I just want to thank you!!” -Kaye Corley
This course has changed the way I think about gardening and has inspired and empowered me. I am so grateful that I found Amy and Pretty Purple Door. I have a new hobby I will enjoy for many years as a result!” -Melissa P. (Zone 6B)
"I just love your videos how to do things and there were several tips which were very useful with Canva that I was not aware of." -Angie
What’s NOT included:
In case you’re wondering:
“What if I’m a complete beginner and need help choosing plants? Or what if I’m not tech savvy and need hands-on support?”
So glad you asked!
Here is what this workshop will NOT cover:
- ❌ How to choose the right plants.
- ❌ What plants to put in your landscape.
- ❌ How to arrange your plants.
- ❌ How to design/layout your space.
- ❌ How to build your pergola, install your walkway, etc. (You may need to hire a landscape designer or a contractor to implement your dream garden design.)
- ❌ How to plant your plants or any other “how to” garden information.
- ❌ Mood board reviews/critiques
- ❌ How to adjust or change the template layout or design. You’re welcome to do this on your own, though.
- ❌ No Lifetime Support. You will be given an email address if you need to contact support for any technical reasons. Please contact our team within 14 days of your purchase as there is no ongoing/lifetime support.
- ❌ No Design Services. I will not design your mood board for you (that’s up to you).
- ❌ No Technical Support for Canva. Pre-recorded videos are provided so that you can follow along with me step-by-step in Canva. You can reach out for support if you are having any technical difficulties with the templates provided (for example, the link doesn’t work or you can’t open it, etc.). However, this is not a “How to use Canva” workshop. The good news is that Canva has amazing support and you can reach out to them if you are having technical difficulties using the program. Or, you can print out the template and cut and paste your images onto it to create your mood board.
- 💬 If you need more personalized help, I would recommend taking a look at my Design Your 4-Season Garden course where you’ll get access to a private Facebook group and more personal attention.
Not-So-Fine Print
- NO REFUNDS: Because these are recordings of a live workshop, NO REFUNDS will be granted. You will receive the same experience as the live attendees (and they were very happy with the workshop).
- This workshop is for gardeners of all skill levels. If you want to make sense of all of your random ideas and turn them into a clear, specific and implementable vision for your garden, enroll today. If you long to have an outdoor space that looks like you, feels like you and that you’ll be excited to spend time in every single day, this workshop is how you can get it!
- If you have any further questions that are not answered on this page, please write to [email protected].
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"I felt like I was missing something in my preliminary native garden design. All the mechanics were there: the basemap, the plant list, and a preliminary design, but it was missing a spirit or feeling. I hoped that by creating a mood board, the purpose of the garden would become more evident.
Creating the mood board helped me to 'see' the potential for the garden to be more than just a wildlife habitat. What it was missing was me! How did I (and my family and friends) fit into this new garden space." -Deb W.
Your Instructor
My name is Amy and I'm the founder of Pretty Purple Door. I've been a garden designer since 2014 and graphic designer since 2005. I help garden lovers design beautiful landscapes that are colorful in all four seasons, show off your personality and suit your lifestyle.
My work has been featured in publications like The Family Handyman, Buzzfeed, Country Living Magazine and more.
In my Design Your 4-Season Garden course, I teach the exact framework I use when designing gardens for myself and/or clients. This framework will you the skills you need to confidently create a dream garden that's uniquely you. It's really fun and makes designing a garden a lot less stressful!
It wasn't always like this for me, though. I struggled a lot and nearly gave up on my dream garden. But once I figured out this step-by-step system, everything clicked for me. Now, gardening has become such an amazing creative outlet for me. I know it's a hobby that will reward me for the rest of my life... and I want this for you, too. So, I'd love it if you'd join me inside!
Frequently Asked Questions
If there ever comes a time where I stop offering this workshop, I will let you know in advance and provide a temporary way for you to download the workshop content (videos, files, etc.) onto your own computer. Once you download it, you will have the workshop content forever (i.e. lifetime access).
I don't anticipate this happening anytime in the near future. If it does, I will give you plenty of notice beforehand, so please don't worry about it.
✅Can you dress yourself? If you can put together an outfit that looks nice for a dinner date, you can create a vision for your garden.
✅Do you own any decorative pillows? If you’ve placed decorative pillows on couches or chairs in your home you can create a vision for your garden.
✅Have you ever shopped for your own furniture or artwork? If you’ve ever wandered around a furniture store and made style decisions for your home you can create a vision for your garden.
If you are overwhelmed with your thousands of saved images and can’t make sense of it all, you’re actually a perfect fit for this workshop.
❌You do not need this workshop if you have a professional plan from a landscape designer that you’re happy with.
✅ But, if you have either a mood board or a design that you’re not happy with and doesn’t feel like you, then you may benefit from giving this process another try.
Whether you create the mood board digitally or on paper, you will still be able to participate in the process. So, do whatever you’re most comfortable with.
If you don’t want to choose your own plants or learn how to do that, you will still benefit from this workshop. Then, you can hand off your mood board to a landscape designer so they can build your dream garden and design your planting beds for you.
What’s the difference between the Mood Board Workshop and signature course, Design Your 4-Season Garden?
In the Mood Board workshop, you’ll be developing your garden style and choosing some backbone elements and structures for your landscape. This is a very small part of the Design Your 4-Season Garden course, which covers my framework for designing a 4-season garden.
Basically, the workshop covers 1/2 of one module of the course (the backbone section). There’s 8 modules in my signature course. Your mood board will get you started with designing your dream garden, but will not provide you with any planting plans or plant recommendations.
My Design Your 4-Season Garden course will take you step by step through choosing the plants in your garden beds so that it blooms all year long and so that the garden beds you’ll be designing will make sense and flow together throughout your entire landscape. My course provides some planting layouts and teaches you HOW to research the right plants for YOUR landscape.
While my signature course provides a framework to guide your plant choices, I do not choose any plants for my students in this workshop or in my signature course. I’ll do my best to answer as many specific questions during the workshop, but I simply won’t have the time to review everyone’s content or help troubleshoot any technical issues.
If you love the Mood Board workshop and want to continue working with me on your garden’s design, you’ll receive a special invitation to join my signature course: Design Your 4-Season Garden.
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"Just do it - take the course, and enjoy Amy's 'How to' videos!!! They are great! Even if you think you know everything on this subject you might be surprised what else you can pick up on tips 'how to'....and people, who have never done it will definitely learn a lot." -Angie