Friday, March 30, 2012

Gardening Design Ideas to Consider

By Aja Samanlego


Gardening design can be as simple or complicated as you decide to make it. Keeping it simple might be the wise choice if you are a gardening novice as you can always expand later. You want to take into account your personal tastes and the needs of your plants when designing your garden. If you're seeking some ideas on how to design your garden, the following suggestions should be helpful.

The color of the plants can become the focal point of garden design for many people and plant texture is often ignored. Yet the texture, which includes the way a plant looks and feels to the touch, is also an important element. While people often like to have plants with complimentary colors next to each other, it often isn't practical. For example, you may be planting a garden where just about everything is green. A way to make your garden more interesting is to vary the types of textures of your plants which creates variety. There are plants with smooth foliage and others with foliage that is coarse to the feel. There are ways to create diversity in your garden design by paying attention to plant textures and the placement of those plants.

Lots of people want beautiful and thriving gardens but don't have a whole lot of space to work with. You can still make this happen when you are creative in the use of your available space. If you haven't got a lot of space, it is important to focus on the plants, veggies and flowers that don't need much space. You can also make use of levels to make the garden appear larger.

It is possible to achieve this by building into a naturally occurring slope or using steps or plant stands. Another tactic to make a small garden look bigger is to install mirrors. If you have a fence or a wall in your garden, put it to work by decorating it nicely. If you've got a small garden you need to make as much out of every tiny bit of space that is available to you.

A flower garden is meant to be an environment of beauty, and also one that has a pleasing aroma. Just make sure your flowers are put into an area that has the ability to provide adequate sunshine and are growing in the correct soil type. Each and every plant variety will reach their own individual size; so you will need to be vigilant and not pack them into a smaller space than they will need. If you can draw in some butterflies or birds into your flower garden; you will highlight an already enthralling level of charm. A bird bath or feeder would likely bring a few birds into your garden. Butterflies and some birds adore flowers that provide nectar for them; planting honeysuckle for instance, will add that element to your garden.

Even if you don't know very much about garden design, it shouldn't keep you from getting started. Adding elements to a very simple garden can make it interesting. Easy ways to brighten up your garden and make it your own can be done with adding ornaments, a striking centerpiece or decorating the fence.




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