Garden Planning: THE MOST important thing in deciding how to make a new garden planning or how to improve an existing one is to know about your area, for the character of a garden planning is influenced by climatic conditions, soil, aspect, views (or lack of them), the buildings around you and so on. The combination may seem so unpromising as to be difficult, but no site is incapable of being improved by thoughtful design and carefully chosen plants.
Whether your backyard is brand new or an old, established plot, the same principles apply to planning and designing your garden planning. First, assess what you have got, then decide what kind of garden planning you want and whether you can achieve it. Assess your yard's potential, its strengths and weaknesses, and then decide how to take advantage of all that is good about it and play down the bad points. But, remember: nothing happens overnight, and you will not wake up the next morning to find the perfect garden planning!
ONCE YOU know all about your site, exactly what you want from your garden planning, what inherited features are worth preserving and how much time you want to spend on maintenance, you can begin the design. But to generate any useful ideas, first stand in the garden planning—or on the patch of wasteland that is to become your garden planning—and think in terms of shapes and colors. As ideas begin to form, you can then explore practicalities and solve problems. At this planning stage, allow your imagination to wander and take plenty of time to consider all the options. |
