Whether your garden simply needs a few new plants to look amazing once more, or it needs a complete overhaul, redesigning the landscape is a brilliant idea. Although completing this work can be hard work and daunting, it’s well worth the time and effort you spend on it. If you want to know how to create your dream garden, then here are some of our top tips to help you:
1. Know the Needs and Wants of Your Landscape
Before you start digging up your garden and adding new plants, it’s a good idea to spend some time working out the needs and wants of the landscape. You should create a basic plan of what you want where in your garden. For example, you may want a patio area in your garden for your friends and family to enjoy on a summer evening, or you may want to include an area for your children to play.
Making a plan will help you decide how you want your garden to be laid out. Once you’ve made a plan, test it out. Check to make sure that the patio area gets enough sun, and the kids’ play area is shaded. Your design will need to take into account the direction your garden faces, as well as theamount of wind and sun it gets at different times of the year.
2. Spend Time in Your Current Landscape
Before changing your garden completely, it’s a good idea to spend some time in it. This will allow you to see which areas you use the most and which ones could be improved.
3. Slowly Develop the Landscape
Overhauling a garden in a matter of days or weeks is hard work and stressful. Instead, why not take your time and enjoy the process? You will find the space much more relaxing if you don’t rush it.
4. Choose the Right Plants
Before planting beautiful plants, trees, and shrubs in your garden, you need to work out which ones are suitable. There are a few things you should consider before purchasing plants and trees for your garden, including the soil conditions, the level of human activity, drainage, and the climate. All of these things will have an impact on the type of tree or plants you should choose.
5. Plan for Growth
It’s important to remember to give your plants enough room to grow. If you’re desperate to fill the landscape straight away, then you should plant with the intent to remove or relocate some plants as they mature. Another option is to plant fast growing, short-lived plants to temporarily fill the spaces in the ground.
Whether youwant to completely overhaul your garden, or you simply want to give an inherited outdoor space a tidy up, gardens are amazing spaces. They can have a huge impact on our lives and the way we feel. Not only that, but they can also have an impact on the environment too. If you’re planning on giving your garden a makeover, then why not try some of our top tips above.
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