How to design amazing gardens
How to design amazing gardens
Thank you for visiting PlantPlots and we hope you find the advice on how to design amazing gardens useful.
We aim to make gardening easier for everyone. Use our search bar below to find out what you need to know.
- Brilliant Design Advice that helps YOU make YOUR GARDEN better;
- Predesigned Border Planting Ideas – DESIGNED by us – MADE by you.
- Style Sheets – CHOOSING PLANTS for the garden made EASIER.
- Design Service – AFFORDABLE and UNIQUE; we don’t even need to visit you!
- Eye-Candy Images – COOL STUFF and DIFFERENT IDEAS to transform any garden from ordinary to extraordinary!
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How to design amazing gardens
- Remember it is your garden and no-one else’s!
so the garden needs to have only those elements important to you. Adding fancy ‘design’ features will not make it feel amazing!
- Create a list of how you want the garden to make YOU feel
Gardens aren’t just functional spaces they are emotional places too. How do you want the garden to feel. It’s a great way to start thinking about the design.
- Decide HOW much of a gardener you CAN be
‘Amazing’ gardens only look really amazing if they have dedicated owners. Instead, think; how much mess will the garden make, how much time can you spend gardening each week. and does that match the time you can give to the garden.
- Write a list detailing how you intend to USE the garden
This could be you want to spend time sunbathing or maybe you love walking amongst plants. You might prefer to sit on the patio and watch butterflies or create a sheltered night time seating spot . Decide what is most important to you.
3 Stages of Garden Design:
There are 3 main phases when you are planning a garden
- Creating the layout
- Planning the planting
- Adding finishing touches
Our aim to show how YOU can make YOUR garden better.
Creating the Layout
Garden design can seem quite complex. What should go where, and what does the garden need? There are so many elements to consider – terms like; form, function, flow, balance, and proportion are often used describe the design process. But we don’t think these help the average gardener – they are meaningless words.
Instead we’ve created a short video below that explains how to design your garden. There’s no a mention of form, function or flow; just simple, sensible and practical advice!
Planning the Planting
This is undoubtedly one of the hardest areas to plan, especially if you don’t know much about plants.
Fortunately you have found us – and our aim IS to make gardening easier for you.
Here are some simple ways to help you plan and choose plants for the garden.
- Work with your weather.
- Check the Size in 5
- Fill the 3 dimensional space.
All is explained in the short video below.
Happy contented plants look better and grow better – which means it’s easier to keep the garden looking amazing.
Visit our designs shop to see the range of border planting ideas created to make planning your garden easier still.
See we really do try to make gardening easier!
Gardens don’t have to cost thousands to be amazing, or do they have to be expensively designed themed spaces. It just needs to work for you.
Garden design advice written with you in mind
- Fabulous pre-designed planting plans for every corner of the garden
- Realistic design ideas for normal sized gardens
- Garden makeovers
- Advice to help you understand how to design YOUR garden
- How do you choose plants for the garden
- What to do if your garden has….
- Garden design principles you really need to know
- Beginners guides to making a garden
And not forgetting our amazing new book – helping you make your garden better.
If you are just browsing, there are lots of other lovely pictures to see from
- Plants that make you go “oooh!“
- Ideas for garden makeovers gardens we’ve redesigned
- The Plotting Shed – our brilliant blog
Use the search bar above to type in your query and I’ll bet it’s in here somewhere…. if it’s not, you can always ask and we’d be happy to help.
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