What Will Your Garden Look Like?

Garden visits, shows, and plant nurseries, as well as magazines or others will provide anyone wishing to change their garden with a wealth of inspirations. But remember, the key to successful design is not collecting ideas and trying to combine all of them into one space. Rather, it is a progress of reviewing and editing a range of ideas, with the aim of developing a coherent overall appearance for your garden, whether you are revamping a mature plot or starting with a blank canvas at a new house.

A good way of approaching this is to have a clear image of the look you are hoping to achieve and to carefully select elements, features, materials, and plants that combine to produce a unified composition, rather than a jumble of parts. Make notes, collect pictures, and sketch ideas. Some starting points you can find in my gallery of examples. View my portfolio and start creating your beautiful garden.