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Garden Design 102
Planning For What You want |
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A garden should be designed to fit with the needs and desires of those that will use it, that is, you.
You may use your garden in an active way, for entertaining, for children's games, for sport; or you may simply enjoy looking at it and sitting in it. You may use it only in summer, or all through the year.
Maintenance levels must also be considered - those with a hectic lifestyle, a young family or who cannot cope with the physical exertion required in maintaining a complex garden need a low-maintenance garden. Gardening enthusiasts will want a garden that requires lots of time and input into their favourite hobby as well as a home for all the favourite plants they wish to grow. |
There are a number of practical matters to be considered, and service areas to be incorporated. Some service areas will need to be dry underfoot- either hard paving or gravel/bark over a weed-suppressing cloth.
A final practical matter is the position of electrical mains, and storm-water and sewage drains. Whatever you plan must work around, and not through, these.
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Practical considerations
- A washing line
- Glasshouse
- Rubbish bin storage,
- Compost bins,
- Firewood,
- Vegetables,
- Workshop,
- Storage for garden furniture
- Car parking.
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Service and practical elements will impact on your 'dream scheme'. Work them in now to ensure that they don't throw your entire concept later.
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Remember also to plan for change - toddlers become active rugby players, riders of bikes, and entertainers of vigorous playmates! Later you will want areas for friends and family, lunches and barbeques.
And if you have a pet then there may need to be space for a kennel or a Guinea pig cage. |
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