Garden Planning And Design - Unleashing Creativity In Garden Design
Some of the top-quality gardens may look and feel as if they have not been designed at all, but have just sprung up — rich tapestries of colors, textures, and sizes and shapes in apparently natural balance. This may be a powerful illusion, however, for the casual cascade of a rambling rose bush or the lazy sprawl of the lavender bush onto a path often owes almost as much to the gardener’s focus on mother nature. Regardless of whether laid-back and cheerfully disorderly or sophisticated and formal, a successful design is mostly the result of careful planning. There is a fine difference between a garden in which the plants and features are aimlessly arranged and one that, although outwardly naturalistic, is in fact well controlled so that all the elements work together to form a natural and elegant design. A thoughtfully designed home garden, an attractive garden — one with an aura of unity and elegance, balance and proportion, in harmony with its environment — provides a relaxing place, a joy to the senses, and a comfort to the soul.
Creating or re-designing a garden is, in many ways, just like redecorating the interior of a house. Your primary objective in each case is to end up having useful, pleasurable living space which suits both you and your friends and family. Three main elements govern the options: the location, its proposed characteristics, and your own personal preference — in other words, what you own, what you want, and what you like. Both garden and home design are also affected by other variables for instance the proportions, design, and period of the garden or house.
A key concept is that of symmetry or balance. A formal garden may be exceptionally symmetrical, with one side a mirror image of the other, and this features its own simple and apparent splendor. It doesn’t change as time passes. A naturalistic garden (influenced by Nature’s gardens) will be asymmetrical but can still have ‘balance’ and a beauty that is more varying, more complicated and, I think, ultimately more satisfying.
Garden Planning and Preparation
Although much of the pleasure in gardening comes from unexpected and fortunate discoveries, in depth planning is important to ensure a natural design. Determining at least the basic framework of the garden on paper prior to making any actual changes helps in avoiding costly mistakes. Small alterations could be made later on, the practical and appealing with the realistic. Your budget and the design may determine how much, if any, of the work you should carry out yourself. If it’s just a matter of cultivation, seeding or laying sod, and planting, then you might well feel able to handle it. But, leveling and construction work for example building retaining walls, terraces, ponds, and patios involves expensive materials and demands expertise and skill. Because these elements are permanent and mistakes are expensive to fix, it is advisable to hire specialist if you do not possess building skills. Determine also whether assistance will be needed for regular maintenance once the garden is founded. It’s possible to plan a garden so that fairly little maintenance is necessary.
The Author: Yilmaz Avci is a toy collector and expert who writes about toys such as doll house miniatures or ucreate music.