If you have suffered from the foraging habits of deer you are probably not thinking kind thought towards Bambi these days. The key to designing a garden in deer terrain is simply to install a landscape with plants they don’t like. To drive this point home, how many times have you returned to a restaurant with unpalatable food?
For deer resistant shrubs and perennials look for;
Ground covers include;
Note that the aforementioned plant species are only a few of the many that can thrive in a deer environment, and should be a helpful starting point.
Also, www.deerbusters.com offer a product called the Scarecrow which is a motion sensor device that hooks to your water line and sprays deer when they wander into the area. Word is that you can successfully grow roses (the favorite plant of deer) and vegetable gardens with this device(s).