| If you're looking to make the most of your garden, | | | | would work well in your garden with what you had in |
| then you might already know what you're going to | | | | mind. |
| do, and how you're going to do it. However, if you | | | | 6. Garden centres are a mine of information, and |
| need a bit of inspiration, then here are some ideas of | | | | whether you're looking for a new pair of secateurs |
| where you can look. | | | | or want to know what plant food to use, you'll be |
| 1. General interest as well as dedicated gardening | | | | able to find out what you need to know. However, |
| magazines can give you plenty of ideas. Perhaps | | | | these types of places tend to be more expensive, |
| there's a fashion shoot outside, or an interview with | | | | so you might want to shop around, especially if |
| a celeb in their garden, or perhaps there's a gardening | | | | you're redesigning your whole garden, and likely to be |
| magazine that appeals to you because they're | | | | buying lots. |
| transforming a garden similar to yours. You'll get lots | | | | 7. Friends and relatives might be gardeners, and be |
| of good ideas from magazines. | | | | able to give you some help and ideas if you ask. It's |
| 2. TV programmes and gardening TV programmes in | | | | not always easy to get together with your friends or |
| particular will give you a lot of inspiration and allow | | | | relatives though, and trying to explain what you want |
| you to see flowers and plants, as well as gardening | | | | your garden to look like via text message can be |
| techniques in more detail. Perhaps you're favourite | | | | quite tricky. |
| show has a house with a garden, or maybe you'll see | | | | 8. Gardening websites, like gardening magazines and |
| someone else's garden on the news, or perhaps you | | | | books will be able to give you lots of ideas and |
| religiously watch a gardening programme and will | | | | inspiration, and it's easy to get carried away. You |
| design your garden based on what you've learned. | | | | won't want to start something you can't finish, or |
| 3. Gardening books can prove to be useful too. | | | | that won't work in your garden. |
| Perhaps you'll buy some of your favourite gardener's | | | | 9. The sort of websites you visit on a daily basis |
| books and see what you can learn. It can prove to | | | | might give your more ideas than you thought likely. |
| be a bit expensive, and what might be all the rage | | | | Maybe you're using magazine sites, news sites, or |
| when the book is written, might not stand the test | | | | sports sites, or social networking sites, or playing |
| of time, so you might want to choose gardening | | | | games on your computer. Why not see what ideas |
| ideas that don't date. | | | | you can come up with whilst online? |
| 4. When you're about, whether walking or driving, on | | | | 10. Whatever ideas you choose, it's important that |
| the bus or on your way home from work, you're | | | | you don't get carried away. You'll probably have |
| bound to see other people's gardens. Some of these | | | | some sort of budget, and although good quality |
| will have ideas and themes that you might want to | | | | plants and tools are worth it, you'll want to be |
| use. | | | | careful, and make sure that you get good value for |
| 5. DIY stores will often have a substantial gardening | | | | money. |
| section, and you can ask for ideas, or see what | | | | Now you know where to look, you'll find inspiration |
| plants they have there, in order to see whether they | | | | and garden ideas everywhere you look. |