Garden Machinery
Garden Leisure
- Greenhouse Heaters
- Loungers
- Midgeaters
- Gas Barbecues
- Charcoal Barbecues
- Masonry Barbecues
- Furniture Sets
- Benches
- Greenhouses
- Water and Light
- Garden Sheds
- Gazebos
- Firepits
- Wildlife Boxes
- Rock and Stone
- Weather Vanes
- Rabbit Hutches
- Urns & Planters
- Sundials
- Birdbaths
- Garden Swings
- Climbing Frames
- Croquet Sets
- Wildlife Cameras
- Bird Feed
Garden Design Tips.
It is great fun to plan out your own designer garden. You can design the perfect garden to meet your needs! People will take great effort to personlise and create a unique look to their home, but often the garden is left to follow a standard design plan.
The following brief guides will hopefully provide you with some useful starting points for designing your own garden.
Basic principles
Try to avoid unbalanced planting. A garden path with many shrubs on one side and none on the other will always have an unbalanced feel. If the boundary of the property is next to the path, running down one side of the garden, then you may have little option but to plant on the single side of the path. You could consider creating more of a balance with some other sort of garden feature in this instance.
The principle of symmetry exits where the design is the same on one side as on the other. A natural balance in the landscape is often achieved in other ways. For example: It is possible to balance a tall tree with smaller but denser trees or shrubs.
Variety in the design can be achieved by the use of different plants. These can also vary in shape, size, texture, density, line and colour.
If you are starting from scratch, you should plan the layout of any paths and access in advance of placement of the other garden features. Also think carefully about the size of the location and the spread of any potential large shrubs or trees that you may be planting, overcrowding should be avoided.
Try out several design plans on paper before you decide on the best one to use.
