How to Bring Country Charm to a Garden

Many people begin gardening when they buy a home. Once you feel comfortable digging in the dirt, you may choose to develop a garden that reflects your personality and interests. Adding some country charm to your garden can give you a refuge from the busyness of the everyday world. Read on to learn more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Begin With Hardscaping

1. Build a fence. An authentic country garden needs a fence to keep out visiting livestock and wildlife. Enclosing your garden with a picket or rail fence, is a good place to begin creating country charm.
2. Create a wandering path. Designing the path before you plant your country garden will allow you to create interesting shapes for your flowerbeds. Use pebbles, gravel or wood chips to line your garden path.
3. Add seating to your garden. Every country garden needs places that invite visitors to sit and relax. Whether you choose a simple bench, swing or an arbor with seating, adding places to sit will bring charm to your garden.

Add Country-Style Plants

4. Begin with fruit trees and bushes. Every true country garden provides good things to eat. Apples, pears, cherries and plums will bring beautiful colors and scents to your garden.
5. Plant long-lasting perennials. Traditional country gardens are filled with brightly colored perennials. Consider using daylilies, iris, cone flowers, rudebeckia and columbines for a variety of colors and blooming times.
6. Bring in color with a variety of annuals. Johnny-jump-ups, pansies, sweet alyssum and many other annuals will add charming accents to your country garden.

Finish With Country-Style Accents

7. Visit a flea market. Look for weathered garden tools and ornaments to add to your country garden. These accents will bring a "shabby chic" kind of charm to your garden.
8. Find area craftspeople. Whether you choose handcrafted bird houses or brightly-colored signs, these simple additions will bring naive charm to your country garden.
9. Showcase your own creativity. Your garden is a place where you can feel free to experiment with your own enthusiasms. The most charming gardens are clear reflections of the gardener and that can be achieved by including your own creations in surprising corners.

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