ANSON DESIGN

Don’t feel limited to choosing from just one category of garden art. You can mix and match from all three categories if you want. After all, it’s your garden, and it should reflect your personality. When you choose your garden art, it should be something that you feel some kind of emotional attachment to.

You can find garden art in several places. You can browse through antique shops, flea markets, and garage sales. Or you may have some items in your basement or attic that can be placed in the garden. Another option, if you have the skills, is to create your own. You can easily create some light airy sculptures with some copper wire and some imagination.

When placing your art, look for places that need some visual interest added. You’ll want to place it at a focal point, where the eyes will be drawn to it. Look for bare places that need something added. You can place the art to anchor the end of a path, so that the path will seem to have more purpose than simply a walkway through the garden. If there is a fence along the garden, hang something on it to break up the long monotonous lines.

Garden benches are the equivalent of a welcome sign that you can sit on. If you place a garden bench along side the sidewalk in front of your house, passers-by can use it as a place to rest before they continue on their morning stroll. When set beneath trees, garden benches welcome guests to sit and enjoy the shade if not but for a moment. When against a wall on the front porch, garden benches welcome people into a home. And when in the middle of a garden, garden benches invite people to take the time to sit and watch the garden grow. After all, there is no better place to watch a garden grow than from right in the middle of it.

But as you may already know, garden benches are much more than just places to sit. They are pieces of garden décor; in a manor of speaking, they are art. Whether being admired from afar or from within sitting-distance, you can be sure that your garden benches will be admired. It is wise to choose one that you yourself will enjoy viewing, just choose a painting to suit your sofa.
If you think that your garden or your yard is missing something, consider whether or not garden benches can fill that void – it is not always plants and flowers that a garden needs! Interestingly enough, it is often the furniture and decor that can make a garden feel completed. A garden bench might just be the perfect finishing touch for your garden.

Creating a two-level garden linked by steps and flanked by split-level pools fed with waterfalls gives the space more interest. The design is bordered by raised flowerbeds and built-in bench seating, which can seat more guests than garden chairs. A colourful buddleia is an ideal standard plant for this kind of garden; easy to care for, it will attract lots of bees and butterflies when it flowers.

Will it take much looking after? Raised beds can be much easier to look after than borders and you won’t need to get on all fours to tend them. The rest of this garden is given over to paving, which will only need an occasional sweep.

Are there any space-stretching tricks I can use? An attractive standard plant, urn or statuette at the end of the garden will provide a focal point and draw the eye to the garden’s furthest part, tricking you into seeing it as larger than it is. Benches with lift-up lids give more storage. If you need a play area for children, swap tiles for decking in the lower part of the garden and sink a hidden sandpit beneath a section of it?

How can I cut costs? Raised beds look great, but will cost money to install, so you could opt for ground-level planting. Small gardens are more interesting if you add extras, like water features, but you could replace these with more borders and swap decorative paving for gravel or decking.

When designing your garden landscape, make sure you have a plan in mind. A garden design should incorporate height and width restrictions of the area you plan on planting your garden, especially when dealing with trees. The garden may become unmanageable blocking views or pathways.

A successful garden landscape design will include proper soil requirements for the types of plants that you choose within your garden. Drainage requirements have to be taken into consideration when designing you garden. Poor drainage will doom your garden from the start

When designing your garden landscape, make sure that you plan for future growth. Your landscape design at maturity may change how the garden receives sun and shade throughout the day. Garden plants bought with the sun in mind may end up in the shade. A vital key to a great garden landscape design is to create a focal point. Whether your focal point is a tree or an oddly shaped plant or garden color, create a garden landscape around it.

Figure out how much space you have to work with. Use resource information such as the Farmer’s Almanac to learn when it is the best time of the year to plant vegetables and fruits. Some vegetables grow best in the hottest part of the year while others prefer the fall. Once you have determine how much space you have consider how much sunlight is available.

Living a healthy lifestyle will require some exercise as well. Setting up the garden will provide you will plenty of exercise. You can maintain the garden and still benefit from the exercise. Spending time in the sun is also beneficial to you whole living.

The final step will be to purchase the seeds. Many online nurseries offer seeds for cheaper prices than you can get them in local nurseries. Now you can plant your seeds and wait for your rewards. When your garden begins to blossom, you will be quite proud of your accomplishment.

Everyone should grow his or her own garden. Gardens can help reduce stress and help you to enjoy balanced living. Even the first lady is planning to grow a garden on the White House lawn. Stop procrastinating and make plans to grow a garden. You will enhance your life and save money at the same time. Best of all you will feel better and be happier for the project.