Hard landscaping ideas for the new garden

Once you have an idea what you would like on the garden, you can start to draw in your ideas.

Don’t worry if there is too much in it at this stage, features can be taken out and changed around later. Here are some hard landscaping ideas to take into consideration.

 

If you are including paths, what will they be made out of and where will they start and finish? Sometimes it’s a good idea to end them at a specific place such as a building or feature. They can look a bit odd if they just end in the middle of the lawn. ·

If you are putting in a pond and rockery, place it in a sunny spot and not too near trees, these will mess the pond up in autumn.

Place the patio carefully to get the sun; you might like one at the house for morning sun at breakfast and a patio at the bottom of the garden to catch the evening rays.

Will you need a shed, where is the best place?

Allow an area for compost.

If you have children, do you want an area set aside for them to play in? Sandpits, swings can be included.

FORMAL OR INFORMAL

Look around at other people’s gardens; they are a great source of inspiration. Glossy magazines and books are great for ideas as well. Think whether you would like your garden formal in design, which would include lots of straight lines and neatness. Or whether you would go for something informal with lots of sweeps and curves. It is usually a good idea to try to stick to either formal or informal, as things get a bit messy if they are combined.

 

 

Looking at the style of the house will give you a bit of direction. If you have the space though you could have one section of the garden one style and have the rest of the garden another, but separate them with a hedge or fence. That way you will have the best of both worlds! Keep playing around with your ideas and rub out anything that looks out of place and put it somewhere else.

 

Play around with the paths and patios until the plan look balanced. Don’t make path edges wiggle too much either as you will find it very difficult to mow in summer. Keep it in pencil for now, don’t worry if it doesn’t come together straight away as we will no doubt be changing things as we go along.

 

 

Considerations for the new garden

Checklist for the garden

Creating a site plan

 

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Don't compromise on quality
written by landscaping, May 27, 2010

Regardless of the design, equipments and materials you wish to use, it is important not to compromise quality because of your budget. For this reason, you should ask landscaping experts about tips on how to reduce costs and still accomplish all your landscaping ideas without exceeding your budget for the project.

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Thanks
written by Sara, May 16, 2010

Great tips. Thank you.

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