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Try any of these easy alterations to your vegetable garden, and you’ll add to its visual appeal. Apply them all, and your plot will be one of the highlights of next summer’s garden club tour.

Think outside the rectangle. Rebuild your plots into circles, triangles, or octagons.

Frame it finely. Just as the right frame enhances a painting, attractive materials beautify your raised beds. Naturally rot-resistant cedar weathers nicely. Or consider stone or brick to enclose your planting areas.

Mix and match. Combine vegetables with flowers, herbs, and shrubs, as well as birdbaths, sundials, or your favorite decorations.

Say no to rows. Plant in patterns, and your beds become a quilt of colors, shapes, and textures.

Grow up with style. Basic stakes and cages are so prosaic. You can build a more eye-catching structure out of bamboo (as in the photos above and at right) or look for unique uprights at estate sales and the like.

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