Ideas for designing gardens and creating garden artwork
When designing gardens, a good place to begin is with selecting the trees. Trees provide many functions, such as: shade, screening, wind breaks, and focal points. First determine where you want trees for shade, privacy, and shelter from the wind. Then, decide if you want any trees to use as focal points. Shade Trees When [...]
When designing gardens with trees, it’s good to understand a tree’s habit. A tree’s habit is the arrangement of its branches. The common habits of trees are: Fastigate: All of the branches ascend. These types of bushes and trees are ideal in situations where you need height but not width. Tortuous: The branches in these [...]
Japanese gardens promote peace and tranquility. You can be relaxing in your own paradise in no time by including these key ingredients in your garden. Moss. Adding plants like tufted moss to your garden makes the space look like a retreat, and allows you to focus on relaxing and renewing your strength. You can put [...]
Need something extra in your living room that will brighten the space without adding to the clutter? Are you looking for bedroom accents that will make the room more relaxing? Ornamental plants are the solution. Here are some of the best things about ornamental plants, as well as a few ideas for decorating that include [...]
When designing gardens, how do you choose which flowers go where in flower gardens? According to Hilary Thomas in The Complete Planting Design Course, when choosing the type and location of flowers, “it is the overall form of the plant” or the form of the individual flowers that is important. In his book Designing with [...]
When designing gardens, considering the plant form and color of plants are good first steps. Also consider the plant texture. Plant texture is the feel of the leaves of a plant. The “feel” can be by touch, as well as by sight. The size, shape, and leaf surface makes up a plant’s visual texture. The [...]
When designing gardens, knowing about plant forms can help you create a design that looks good and that gives a particular overall feeling, such as formal, relaxed, or whimsical. In The Complete Planting Design Course, Hilary Thomas writes that “the form of a plant is its overall shape when in leaf.” Some common forms of [...]
A color scheme based on a single color is known as a monochromatic design. A garden bed or border so designed has the principle properties of boldness, simplicity, and clarity. It is a style that demands some courage on behalf of the designer – many, probably the majority of home gardeners are frightened off the [...]
