Designing our garden - what to do
ghesp
7 years ago
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What can we do with our garden .... ?
Comments (3)There is a great TV programme called Big Dreams Small Spaces which may inspire you. There is also a forum on the Gardener's World website where you can post questions or ask for advice. My best advice is - do something that YOU like and want, for example: you don't have to have grass in a garden/you can grow vegetables amongst flower borders/have a theme like wildlife-friendly....See MoreDo you have a garden planter design dilemma?
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Comments (3)We‘ve got a half tiled bathroom where the tiles are white/grey but the paint above the tiles is dark blue. Brings in colour but much easier to change should we or a future owner get sick of the dark blue trend...!...See MoreStruggling to achieve a garden design for our funky plot
Comments (24)Just an observation but the examples Luciana provided all play off the 45 degree landscaping idea shared by HU-... I think the reason these angles work is that they widen the look of the space they carve out, and invite you into it. The angles almost encourage you to pause for a moment and appreciate your surroundings. They help create mini rooms within the space and each can have a slightly different character or feature, even though the whole is tied together with a pared back planting scheme and clever consistency of stone colour. What stood out most to me about your current garden is how it's central path leads your eye straight to the back of the garden. I imagine that when standing in the space, the path is subconsciously urging you to make your way down to the bottom of the garden. The danger is that, it keeps your eyes focused forwards, meaning you may not actually take a moment to pause/ take in the garden that surrounds you and truly appreciate the wonderful pleached conifers and planting you have put in. I fear that a pagoda that borders such a path (even if in a different location) may only serve to reinforce the effect; a fountain at the end of this, even more so. The series of landscaping at a 45 angle helps counter act this and Luciana's example shows how this can be done quite subtly. I would encourage you to think about how to incorporate the fountain and pagoda around and within the 45 degree offset "rooms" created by the examples Luciana shared above. I notice that they are mainly bordered by formal planting, however, one area, towards the back is actually boarded by a pagoda. Incorporating some climbing plants in and around such a pagoda would give you a lovely area of shade, perhaps for seating and entertaining. The fountain might be a focal point you want to see from the kitchen or dining room. But it could also be the central focus of one of these hardscaped areas perhaps? So, not used as a final destination at the bottom of the garden, but instead used as an initial milestone. Something to draw you out to the garden, and once you're there, you might take a moment to "rest" your eyes on the surroundings, before you move on to the next area of interest that the landscaping draws your eye to. Re: Recycling your hardscaping.... From what I see of Luciana's inspiration, you should find plenty of ways to reuse for your existing hardscaping. However, I have also come across an idea where you can turn old paving slaps into "gravel" chipping for the cost of the machine hire: a rather good way to recycle if you like the idea of gravel gardens. Whatever you decide to do, would love to see pictures of your finished garden once it's done....See MoreMark Lane Designs
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