While designing a flower garden, you must keep in mind that arbors are absolutely essential. Simply put an arbor is a specially designed seating in a shaded spot in your garden. Its size may vary according to the size of the garden.Again the number of paths in your garden depends upon its size, but regardless of the number of paths you may want to have in your garden make sure you make the interesting and meandering.Go all out and have fun with the borders of your garden. Experiment with different kinds of shrubs and flowers and decide which one you may like to have. Of course the staunch Victorians had rules like the bigger the garden, the bigger should be the border but now it's an extremely private choice. But do make sure that you plant lots and lots of flora and fauna as borders as it gives a nice overgrown look.