A garden is a natural adjunct to a beautiful home. Smartly designed gardens create relaxing environments outdoors and enhance both the beauty and value of property. For many, our out door living space these days is a small plot as urban living pushes more people into townhouse complexes. Tiny or not, your garden is still the gateway to your home. So it requires care and effort to make visitors feel welcome.
Designing a small garden may even be more challenging than a large one. So we offer some considerations that will help your effort be successful.
- How much money are you willing to spend on the plants you want?
- How much maintenance are you willing to do in your garden? Get advice on how to maintain your plants so your time and effort in your garden is efficient.
- Make sure things don’t clash. Get expert advice in a nursery or at a gardening store on what plants and flowers best complement each other.
- The same way dark colours have the ability to make a small room look smaller and white or pastels may open the room up, cooler colours, such as a powder blue, can make your garden space seem bigger than it is.
- Limit your colour choice to three at the most. You will have more than one of each plant and the space is limited.
- Consider choosing plants of different textures and forms to create a more interesting look.
- Keep existing plants and or find new plants that complement them.
- Be sure you research what plants survive best in our tropical climate with heavy rains and a great deal of sun exposure?
You can get great design ideas for your garden from anywhere: magazines, television, or even a pattern on your clothing. You can also design your garden around your favourite colour or a central item such as a water feature. A garden can be an expression of your personality, but it doesn’t take much to create a dramatic effect. So take the time to make yourself look good.
