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Garden Design
On 24/08/2013 08:16, Derek wrote:
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. Why do you need /any/ book on garden design? As you have had a garden for years, even though it's small you must know at least the basics for growing plants - soil type, location, direction, shading, etc. Unless you are going to have hardly any plants and rely on "hard" features, then that's all that really matters (and then I would argue that you don't have a garden at all, just a courtyard with some plants). I am fortunate enough to be completely uninterested in garden design, or as I prefer to call it, "what other people think a garden should look like". If you want to paint your fences orange with purple polka dots because you like them that way, just go ahead and do it. If you want gnomes, put them in. Finally, just be aware that "a triumph of design over function" is all too common these days in so many areas; garden design is just one of them. Just consider what you want your garden for, and then you can "design" it so that it remains functional, too. -- Jeff |
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