Planning is of vital importance in maximising the usability of your outdoor space.
You may want an al-fresco dining and/or BBQ area, an attractive and safe area for children to play, decking to take advantage of the vista or a water feature to create ambience and a focal point.
This garden design guide holds a selection of garden planning tips and tools to help you get the most from your prospective new garden.
Think about
- What already exists in your garden
- What you want to keep
- What you want from your new garden
- The age and style of your home
- Day to day upkeep Budget Practicalities – where the rubbish bins go, where you dry clothes etc
- What features you would like – water features, dining area, play area, vegetable patch?
- Style/theme – formal, country, oriental, urban etc
- Kerb appeal
Be Inspired
- Get out there – visit open gardens & garden centres, note down or take pictures of things that you like
- Get nosey – have a look at what the neighbours have done, what works and what doesn’t work, what ideas can you pinch or build upon
- Get Googling – if you think you would like a particular feature but cannot visualise it, then a Google image search is your essential next step! Click on the following example searches;
- Inspiring Gardens
- Decking Ideas
- Low Maintenance Garden
- Child Friendly Gardens
- Check our Pinterest - tons and tons of ideas that you can save, look at the aspects you like and save them to a board to consider how you could incorporate them in to your own space.
Put it on Paper
Getting your garden ideas on paper will help you visualise your new garden, plan the layout and convey your ideas to others.
Your plan doesn’t have to be a work of art, even a rough sketch on the back of an envelope will do, but if you want to get fancy there are a number of garden planning tools and apps available that you can use.
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