Garden design help!
LJ Lilliput
3 years ago
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Comments (6)Hi Lynda, Your garden looks beautiful and has masses of potential. It appears to be West facing??? with this in mind I would think about an asymmetrical design with the majority of raised beds to the right ( the sunny side) By off setting the design you will make the garden seem more interesting and less like a rectangle with all three sides completely visible. Instead try to create some mystery leading the eye around the garden to key features such as the fruit tree. Please feel free to contact me if you need any further direction and take a look at my profile for raised bed inspiration. Good luck with your project!...See MoreTiny Garden design help
Comments (17)Hi, love the stone walls. I’m not sure you need those wobbly raised beds. I would create a seating area with some paving and leave flower borders around it. If you’re going to use bricks, you really need to use proper brick pavers as they are frost hardy. You can get concrete or clay ones. If you use house bricks they are not for floors and the frost and water will make them eventually crumble. Then you can leave the borders around the terrace the same level as the patio. I also think a retractable washing line would be great so it can be reeled back into the container when not in use. You can get sandstone circles for about £400 as below and they may be a good idea if budget allows....See MoreSmall Garden Design Help!!
Comments (2)Hello Nick, What you want does depend of children and their ages. Sunlight etc And budget as excavating and making safe will cost. And style. Some ideas: 1. Create 2 levels one at the same or just higher than you walk out level. This will be you BBQ area seating area. The rest grass and raised beds. 2. Create a sunken garden area taking out the middle where you would sit, eat... 3. Add large and small, potted plants on steps. The back of the garden add a trellis and grow rambling roses or clematis, This will soften the back. In between add lights. 4. Depending on you age and how much you like gardening. Very large pots can act as your planting area. Or create theraised bed all at the back. 5. Lighting on the wall all the way around. Above it an outdoor mirror to reflect light into the garden. Can be framed or not. Or a steel, aluminium... screen, with some sort of cut out design. The light behind and or in front of them. 6. Create a living wall. The living wall can be a mixture of edibles as well as flowers. Paint the white wall a different colour. 7. Make use of the steps. Take off the top and plant inside them, or add plant pots in them. Add decking to the grass, a circle or oval of decking. From the decking create a path going down, by covering the steps in the same decking. For a modern take on decking alternate concrete with decking. eg. a border of concrete which will match your white walls then decking in the middle. 8. Take out the steps at the side and make a large deep square or circular planting area out of concrete. Then you could plant a tree. (check appropriate sizes and growth time) 9. Your back wall can just be a fusion of different coloured lights, random or structured and or can change, or can be daylight bulbs. 10. Move your seating area to the brightest side / edge. This area an have built in seating, an out door banquette with storage underneath. The flooring in tiles or decking to zone off the area. 11. If you have a particularly dark area, why not put a structure there. A modern pegola and or light structure, sculpture with lights to brighten. I hope these ideas help or a combination of them. They can be a modern or classic twist depending on what your style is. Have fun :)...See MoreGarden design help!
Comments (1)One element that may help to soften and blur the boundaries is to re think the path. As you have found a full straight path seems very 'dictatorial' - you must walk here - in a garden. So changing the style of path to a broken path - large flag stones placed seperately or dark concrete rectangles set separately - which allows lawn between the steps softens the look while still offering solid support. It could meander a little to avoid a straght line....See MoreLJ Lilliput
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