| Every homeowner wants a beautiful garden to | | | | fantastic in your rich uncle's backyard, they may not |
| compliment his home. Some gardens are big, some | | | | do the same for your small garden. Remember, |
| are small, and some are just right. If your garden is | | | | overpowering plants and designs such as rock |
| smaller than you care to admit, don't let that keep | | | | landscapes, and ponds, etc., don't really work well in a |
| you from making the absolute most of it. | | | | small space. |
| GET CLEVER WITH YOUR COLOURING | | | | GO UP |
| With smaller gardens it is a smart choice to try and | | | | Another clever way of making your garden appear |
| keep the colour scheme simple. Don't go for too | | | | bigger is to landscape upwards rather than outwards. |
| much colour variety as this may make your garden | | | | One clever way to do this is to raise your |
| appear smaller and more 'cluttered'. Remember, less is | | | | flowerbeds. Instead of planting your flowerbeds |
| more, so try to limit your colour selection to maybe | | | | directly in the ground, try to create a raised wooden |
| two or three colours, combined with the natural | | | | box around your flowerbeds and filling it with sand. |
| greens and browns. | | | | Then plant your seedlings in that, and use the |
| DON'T WASTE SPACE | | | | bottom portion to decorate with rocks and green, |
| If you have water features or pot plants in your | | | | leafy plants. You will be amazed at how much extra |
| garden, make sure they serve a purpose. If you're | | | | space you can create. |
| not planning on filling your water feature and having it | | | | POT INSTEAD OF PLANT |
| operational, get rid of it. The same goes for pot | | | | Limit yourself to one ground flowerbed and use pots |
| plants. If you aren't going to fill them with flowers, | | | | for the remainder of your plants. Digging flowerbeds |
| they are just wasting space and making your garden | | | | take up a lot of space, and by utilizing pretty pots |
| even smaller. | | | | instead, you can create more space and a more |
| DON'T BE TOO BOLD | | | | appealing effect. |
| While bold plants and garden landscapes may look | | | | |