Things You'll Need:
- gardening catalogue
- gardening tools
- prepared gardening soil
- knee pad
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Step 1
Choose a purpose for your garden. If it’s for beauty then pick your preferences of colour, size, and shape; if it’s to attract butterflies or humming birds, you will want to choose specific flowering shrubs. Check your garden catalogue for details.
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Step 2
Choose a desirable location for your garden where it can grow and be appreciated. Don’t plant it near a dog run or too close to the driveway where cars might drive on it.
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Step 3
Decide whether you want perennials or annuals remembering that perennials become bigger and thicker each year, and annuals require planting each year.
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Step 4
Choose plants that adhere to weather conditions of that placement. If the garden area is windy you want hardy plants that can tolerate wind; if the area is sunny you want plants that require sun and not shade.
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Step 5
Choose plants with similar care requirements such as frequency in watering, amount of sun and soil nutrient requirements.
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Step 6
Choose colours that compliment each other and give the garden a complete appearance ie: Don’t plant white flowers in front of white dogwood. Instead, plant coloured flowers to elicit the colour mixture.
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Step 7
Plan your arrangements so that each plant is accentuated ie: Tall plants at the back and graduating down so that low spreading plants are at the front. Or if it’s a circle, so that tall plants are in the centre graduating down to short spreaders on the outside.
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Step 8
Use the correct mulch, as suggested in your garden catalogue, to keep the soil moist during the hot summer days.
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Step 9
Set out appropriate soaker hoses throughout so that the garden can be watered regularly and maintained through the heat spells.
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Step 10
Give your plants the proper food nutrients as required and listed in your garden catalogue.
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Step 11
Dead head the flowers to allow for more blooms.
