Garden Ideas and Inspiration

Flowers from my garden.

A beautiful mix of wild and cultivated flowers and ferns, picked in my garden and arranged casually in a vase.

Create a new tiny garden around a sculpture. Edge it with stones or logs.

Make a wooden bench from an old bed frame!

Hang a mirror on the outside wall of your home or on a shed to create the illusion of a window and reflect light back into the garden.

Plant two fast growing shrubs like this laurel on either side of a garden path, let them grow to above head height and begin to train them into an arch.

Invest in a wooden sculpture made locally and in doing so, support local artisans and artists.

Allow moss to grow on stone sculptures as this creates beauty, colour and the sense of a really old garden.

If you don’t have outdoor lighting, try putting lamps in each window where they will shine light onto your garden.

Plant shrubs, trees and flowers that will create all levels of height in your garden.

Remember that metal and glass go together perfectly in a garden and they can be picked up easily in Garage sales, boot fairs and secondhand shops.

Plant a fast growing climber such as Clematis Montana and allow it to ramble over buildings and trees.

Consider the view from your front and back doors when planning a garden. This is my back door leading onto a small Veranda and into the garden.

Creating a log pile can be very beneficial to insects and small mammals as well as looking beautiful.

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