Plant stompers are everywhere. A fragile plant is damaged, an arbour becomes a football goal, Flowers are picked, borders are trampled.
And all too often we discourage our children from being in the garden. Plan a Child Friendly Garden and enjoy sharing your garden with kids and encouarging them to learn about living and growing things.
One of the most important plantings you will make in your garden is a tree. Yet, today, most of us have a small garden or even a courtyard and the challenge of selecting a tree that is suitable can seem daunting. We look at some great Trees for Smaller Gardens
Garden Design Series
Why 'Design' Your Garden?
Designing your garden is something you do either consciously or unconsciously. Even those gardens that 'just grow like topsy' are the result of a series of decisions about planting a tree there, digging a border here.
The result, however, is usually much better aesthetically and practically, and the overall design more coherent, if you plan consciously and include the entire garden in your scheme.
Garden Design 101: Assessing What You Have Beginning to plan requires a little time-out from digging the border. For more, click here
Garden Design 102: Planning For What You want A garden should be designed to fit with the needs and desires of those that will use it, that is, you. For more, click here
Garden Design 103: Measuring Your Site You need an accurate measured, drawing of your garden to work through your design. For more, click here
Garden Design 104: Design Process - Working with patterns, Mass and Void The design process uses patterns, and the conepts of mass and void to devise a basic layout for your new garden design. For more, click here
One of the most important plantings you will make in your garden is a tree. Yet, today, most of us have a small garden or even a courtyard and the challenge of selecting a tree that is suitable can seem daunting. We look at some great 