Even if you have only a tiny garden surrounding your garden studio, there are alternative styles you can design it in, subject to the very style of your garden building, as well as to the soil and climate. A cottage garden, for instance, would be a perfect addition to a traditional or rustic-designed garden studio. In spite of the limited dimensions of your garden, you can create diversity and color by planting it with various fragrant flowers. And this very size allows it to be viewed all at once, like a painting. That is why you need to be careful about every detail and maintain a perfect balance.
If you want it in a romantic vein, some small hints would be to diversify as much as you can the height of plants, their types and hues, and, especially, not to trim them or, if you do, to make it in an 'invisible' manner. If, on the contrary, you want it in a classical vein, you should aim at tidiness, equilibrium and order, using as some sort of benchmarks its very pathways, imparting thus a feel of intent and direction.
If the soil is dry, you can still have a garden, placing plants in flowerpots or creating a Japanese garden that can add to a few plants water and stone, so that to fill the space. This would work perfectly well with a minimalist garden studio. Imagine one with a cantilevered wooden roof 'closing' it like a shell and with a Japanese sliding door completed by such a garden full of shade and mystery!
Unlike the total simultaneous visibility of a cottage garden, the visibility of a Japanese garden is expected to be gradual, due to its meandering walkways and tiny garden partitions. Water itself can contribute to this slow discovery, especially if having water fountains appear at once, where less expected. You can border your walkways with different stones, or use the latter separately, for their interesting shape or texture. And, instead of multicolored flowers, you can plant some stern pine-trees or, on the contrary, some delicate cherry-trees.
While you may find a cottage garden more enjoyable in your leisure hours, a Japanese garden would certainly relax you, having a soothing effect, quite necessary after some heavy work. The bottom line is that either 'natural' gardens or 'architectural' ones are a valuable addition to your garden room, likely to raise your spirits, making you feel merry or serene, as you want.
If you want it in a romantic vein, some small hints would be to diversify as much as you can the height of plants, their types and hues, and, especially, not to trim them or, if you do, to make it in an 'invisible' manner. If, on the contrary, you want it in a classical vein, you should aim at tidiness, equilibrium and order, using as some sort of benchmarks its very pathways, imparting thus a feel of intent and direction.
If the soil is dry, you can still have a garden, placing plants in flowerpots or creating a Japanese garden that can add to a few plants water and stone, so that to fill the space. This would work perfectly well with a minimalist garden studio. Imagine one with a cantilevered wooden roof 'closing' it like a shell and with a Japanese sliding door completed by such a garden full of shade and mystery!
Unlike the total simultaneous visibility of a cottage garden, the visibility of a Japanese garden is expected to be gradual, due to its meandering walkways and tiny garden partitions. Water itself can contribute to this slow discovery, especially if having water fountains appear at once, where less expected. You can border your walkways with different stones, or use the latter separately, for their interesting shape or texture. And, instead of multicolored flowers, you can plant some stern pine-trees or, on the contrary, some delicate cherry-trees.
While you may find a cottage garden more enjoyable in your leisure hours, a Japanese garden would certainly relax you, having a soothing effect, quite necessary after some heavy work. The bottom line is that either 'natural' gardens or 'architectural' ones are a valuable addition to your garden room, likely to raise your spirits, making you feel merry or serene, as you want.
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A garden studio is an optimal alternative for additional living space, this multifunctional space is also changeable and versatile over time.
