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Garden Design
On 2013-08-24 08:16:49 +0100, Derek said:
After many years with a small garden I now have a very large blank canvas to keep me occupied. At the moment, its featureless. Can anyone suggest a good book on Garden Design. The first thing is to consider how you're going to use the garden. Where do you want an eating-out/evening drink area? Do you need a space for a washing line, a compost heap, a shed, a veg plot, children's play area, dog compound? Do you want a paved terrace right outside a door or french windows? Do you like island beds or would you prefer to stick to borders that have a wavy edge but make lawn mowing easy? Interesting gardens are usually those you can't see in one glance, so you could consider hedges that break the garden up into separate spaces and if you want roses and have the space, they're usually better grown in their own rose garden so that, in winter you don't see a lot of bare sticks but in summer you walk down the garden to visit them and sit on a thoughtfully placed bench. Do you have a view you want to 'frame' with tree or shrub planting, or is there a 'borrowed' landscape you want to incorporate into your own garden? As to books, there are so many that, imo, it's impossible to recommend one and so much depends on your preferred style - cottage, parterres, greensward, meadow? If you have a lot of space, would you like an area that is a cutting garden, just providing flowers for the house? I think one of the best ways of getting an idea of where to start is by visiting other gardens, though it's getting late in the year for that. But if nothing else, you may well find what you don't want. And finally, it may be worth bearing in mind that if you expect to be in this house for a long time, you might want to look at it from the point of being relatively easy maintenance later. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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