Creating Your Own Garden Space
The garden should be a place you enjoy. We tend to ‘inherit’ the garden when we buy or rent a property. Unless you have the budget and a keen interest in complete garden renovation, we tend to ‘make do’ with what we have.
There may be times when this works but more often than not, the garden we inherited does not quite suit our tastes nor our needs. Making it personal to you however, does not mean it should cost you heaps of cash.
Here are five reasons why designing your garden to suit you is important;
Extension of the Home
Increasingly, the garden is being used as an extension of the home. With an increasing range of stylish garden rattan furniture and accessories, it is easier to make the outdoor space work for you and your family. You can even add outdoor entertainment options through companies like Ght Group, who are experts in Outdoor 4K TVs and speakers in the Birmingham, Alabama area. This can be particularly successful if you are a family who love to spend time outdoors.
You can also create flat areas close to your property and dine al fresco. Choose a dining set with the same care and consideration you would for the dining table you have inside your home.
If you want something more relaxed and informal, there is a growing range of informal garden furniture from hammocks to outside ‘day loungers’. Add cushions, throws and rugs to make the space somewhere you really can relax and enjoy.
Accessibility
A common issue with inherited gardens is accessibility. Narrow pathways, paths made from gravel or grey, plain concrete pathways are not always our idea of the perfect means of accessing the garden.
Likewise, if you have limited mobility, you don’t want to take on a garden that has ground level borders which would be difficult to reach and maintain or a garden that is so abundant with plants and shrubs that maintaining it could be a time-consuming nightmare.
There are means of making your garden more accessible for you. Some modifications and adaptations, such as ramps and grab handles are best tackled by a landscaping company. If you’re planning to build a walkway, Aviara Pavers is such a great paver company in San Diego that you can hire to transform your outdoor project into something spectacular. Other issues, such as weed control are changes that can be made on an ongoing basis.
Weed control matting, as well as bark, gravel and other material are great for suppressing weeds and are inexpensive too.
Maintenance Required
A lush, abundant garden, full of blooms and shrubs looks fantastic but to keep this look, you will need to spent time maintaining it.This means weeding and pruning, as well as thinning out plants and fertilising the soil to provide an abundance of nutrients to keep everything looking green and vibrant.However, you may not have time nor the inclination to spend much of your spring, summer and autumn curtailing rampaging plants throughout your garden.
If you are short on time – and green fingers – the easiest way is to compress the size of any flower borders you have and extend the lawn. Remember, your lawn doesn’t have to mean more work, artificial grass that takes away the need for mowing and maintenance is now becoming increasingly popular. It is easy to look after and keeps its colour but without too much hard work.
What You use the Garden For
Of course, any garden design will revolve around what you use your garden for. Just like how you use the rooms in your home, your needs and wants in the garden will change.
How use your garden – reading, relaxing, entertaining – will be different to how your neighbours, family and friends use theirs – so why design the gardens the same? Design your garden with your own personal needs in mind, along with your likes and dislikes.
Fits You and Your Personality
Your personality flows throughout your home. It is the choice of colours, the choice of interior design style and more.
Just as you may enjoy the clean lines and uncluttered minimal design style in the house, you would enjoy the same in the garden. If you have more traditional tastes, this can be reflected in the garden too.
There are many ways of creating a garden that is an extension of your home, is stamped with your personality, which is also accessible with the right level of maintenance to suit your busy schedule and is fit for purpose.
Planting is one tool a keen eye for shape and form in the garden as well as accessories including garden furniture, lighting, fire pits and more.