Backyard Garden Design

When planning a garden, it is good advice to start with an open mind. A gardener should look for suggestions from the site, not omitting to take into account its immediate environment. The best gardens are personal in that they take their character from their makers.

When experts are asked for suggestions for a style of garden for a particular plot they are often tempted to reply “the common sense style" because there is no exact treatment for a given plot laid down by rule. The gardener may not recognize the possibilities of a garden fountain, water wall fountain, or outdoor waterfalls at first glance, but this is possible after carefully studying it.

Straight lines, for example, are useful in an oblong shaped plot of limited size. Without magnifying the problems associated with planning, it must be said that the more knotty problems arise most often in connection with plots of irregular shapes or contours, or plots unfavorably conditioned with regards to the aspect and surroundings.