Small, Triangle garden suggestions
Hello all,
We are looking for help designing our small garden.
It is triangular as we are on a corner and the 'point' of the garden is generally in the shade.
We are keen on having raised beds with sleepers down the left side, perhaps with a number of pots dotted in it on gravel/stone but really not sure what else we could do...
Would like to perhaps create some sort of feature at the end of the garden but cant be too large and imposing because of the size of the garden.
Looking for something simple and easy to maintain with nice, colourful flowers/plants/veg
2nd photo is just of the patio area (mid cleaning!).
Thanks in advance for your help!!
Dave
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Comments (4)This is a very crude attempt at subtly changing your plans. It would require more internal modification to move a wall which you may not consider worth it but I wondered whether the utility would be better as a longer and narrower room to incorporate outdoor access (for laundry, muddy feet / boot room, etc) rather than having outdoor access from the study with the wasted ‘corridor’ past the bathroom. This would also make a wider second living space which could have double doors to link it to the lounge so that you could open it up for larger family occasions or close it off for smaller events / everyday....See More- 6 years ago
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6 years agoSome more pics, not all triangular bit most seem to taper at the end
Also found a, pic of the type of structure arc is recommending.
David Morgan thanked Jules Mc- 6 years ago
Thank you all for your help, think we are going to try and do something like the (very) rough sketches below, using solar uplights on the nicer plants 👍
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PRO6 years agoHi there. Circles work well in a triangular space. They trick the eye into broadening the space and like Eliza said you are not left with a corridor effect. Using shrubs and trees will also give a vertical accent. Joanne
Circular side garden · More InfoDavid Morgan thanked Gerbera Designs (Garden Design)- 6 years ago
6 years agoI agree that putting borders down both side just narrows the garden and exaggerated the triangle. I love the circles idea. I enclose another
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Hi I don't know how far you got with your design but just seen this and remembered your post. It looks a bit bigger /wider but shows clearly what other have suggested about making it appear larger with circles.
- 5 years ago
This is where we are with it now, decided to go with something quite easy to design, and relatively easy to install as I have zero experience!
- new fencing installed to right side
- rendered left wall (contractor)
- small decked area at the back
- sleeper borders down both sides
- new porcelain paving (contractor)
- grass reseeded (had to strip back some turf in the photo before winter to make it lower than new paving - so reseeded that last week)
So hopefully by the end of March it’ll look a bit better, we’re looking to get some flamingo gravel in the borders and only god knows what we will plant!?!
Also looking to put some taller bits toward the decked area, so we can have the back as a little secluded area as suggested.
We ended up avoiding the circles as wasn’t brave enough to incorporate in to the design as we have no idea what we are doing but quite like the idea of some large metal spheres amongst the plants in the borders.Thanks again for all the help on this post. 😁
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Sorry for the delay, here are a few ‘after’ images
Thanks again for everyone’s help 😊
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Hello HU-11040405505,
Apologies for the delay, please see below very crude sketch of the plan view.
arc3d