Garden Design Ideas

The most beautiful garden design ideas

The first thing to remember when planning a small garden design is to not see your limited space as a problem, but as an opportunity to think carefully about every inch of space and create a perfectly balanced outdoor space. People with large gardens enjoy the luxury of being able to create different areas and house many impressive features.

You get the most beautiful display from roses, and they are not hard to look after either. Any local plant house will tell you the types and colours that are being available and give you tips about maintenance and planting.

Plants of various colours and shapes add to the beauty of your garden. Think green holly, ivy or fuchsia. Consider enhancing the place further by creating live ornaments from plants. Prune them into columns and craft hedges that have everyone in awe. In fact you can enhance the look of the garden by creating an archway with plants. Alternately consider flanking the garden gates with bougainvillea. There will be many people wanting to get a sneak peek into this have.

The key thing is that you work with the soil. Don't try and fight it. Garden plants are very adaptable, and the soil will be more fertile the longer you work it, but you have to understand how chalky soil works, and how to look after it.

You could also consider a whole lot of other ornaments as a garden decor idea. A wrought iron gate, a lantern or an iron bell hung on a tree, a bench are great outdoor accessories that add to the appeal. You can also repurpose old items such as those metal watering cans that make for lovely planters or those antique dresser drawers that add oodles of style. That all the decor elements are subtly placed though, so the garden doesn't look too contrived or overdone.

Give your creativity free reign as you think of the garden furniture. You can turn a workbench into a place to display greenery as also a great venue for those potluck parties. For a small table that adds a dash of colour with a corner flower vase and just enough space to enjoy that morning cuppa.

Outdoor lighting is another aspect that lends oodles of style to your garden. Go in for those bistro lights and savour their warm glow. Alternately you can also hang outdoor lanterns or those spring lights. The romance that they add to the garden is indescribable.

Outdoor fittings which suit your style whether modern or traditional. Lights can be fitted into all kinds of things and places. Try outdoor led rope lights below skirting at low level or above a wall for a nice warm glow. Often you can find a fitting which lights up and down thus getting the double benefit. Choose lighting that will create ambiance without giving your customers a headache from the glare. Candles always look fab in a garden setting set into simple glass jam jars, bird cages or antique sieves or metal objects. If you have an outdoor bar make it glow in the dark with candles and led strip lights.

Small Bridge and Rock Art saw the small bridges, always catching your attention in the pictures of gardens and backyards. Then why not have one in your backyard? This is one of the best backyard ideas which you will love to implement. A small bridge with wooden fencing and huge rocks placed below this is sure to catch everyone's attention. You can consider adding a wonderful waterfall here and use rock art or stone sculptures for further beautification.