How to Landscape a Small Garden
The joy of gardening is that you can create landscapes for both large and small spaces. When landscaping a small space, you should think in terms of style, scale, form, color, repetition and fragrance. These factors help you focus garden ideas on plants and flowers that will maximize the limited space available for your landscape. Soil type, region, local weather conditions and the amount of time you can spare will also guide you in this task. Does this Spark an idea?
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Draw a diagram of your landscape space. This allows you to create a plan for your garden prior to spending money on plants.
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Choose smaller versions of larger plants. Many smaller varieties exist of plants or trees. These allow you to add more plants for size and color than selecting a few large plants or trees.
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Pick a focal point for the garden area. For example, a small walkway, garden bench or water fountain may be the focal point, with flowers, shrubs and trees surrounding this feature.
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Plant taller trees or bushes to provide a natural shade barrier for smaller plants. This shade helps protect plants that have a low tolerance to sunlight.
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Create an unusual design for your landscape space. Avoid straight lines, needless repetition or planting shrubs in order from shortest to tallest.
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Tips & Warnings
When landscaping a small garden space, think in terms of what the plant will look like at maturity. While plants look nice small, they may eventually grow too big for the garden.
Design the garden how you want, not what a book tells you to do. Creating a sense of individuality will give your garden a special look that can match your personality.
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