I was looking for some garden/landscape ideas and I ran across this website for better homes and gardens: http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plans/ . It had a lot of container gardens, vegetable gardens, and landscape ideas, plans, and tips. You might find it useful (warning: it will throw a lot of pop ups at you to sign up). Winter and early spring is the perfect time to get a plan together, so you don’t go out and buy a ton of spring blooming plants only. Your yard will look great in the spring, but the rest of the year it will not be attractive (I’ve seen this more than once). Plan for all seasons and install plants with the room to grow to its full mature size (I get many jobs a year to remove unwanted bushes/plants that are crowding each other or they just get to big for the area). Remember what your garden/landscape looked like during the winter months. You may want something for winter interest (evergreen, grasses, plants with berries, ect…).