garden-timber-decking. Planning A Garden

Garden Planning & Creating Your Garden

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09/06/2008

Paul Power, author of Planning and Creating Your First Garden, has put together his top five tips for starting your garden from scratch.

M216-Hillside-Back-27. Planning Your First Garden

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1 Plan Thoroughly Before You Start

Great gardens don't just happen. A good garden is one that has been carefully planned. You don't need to be a garden designer to plan your own garden. Just sit down, work out what you want, and start there. By creating a plan, you can work through any potential problems on paper, rather than finding yourself stuck mid-way through your project.



2 Work Out The Practicalities

Don't forget the whole family - people first, plants second! If your household includes children and pets make sure that you cater for their needs when planning your garden. There's little point in creating a splendid display of delicate flowers if it means your children can no longer play in their garden.

Always ask yourself how practical your new garden will be when coping with the needs of your household, including children and pets.

So if you have, or are planning to have children maybe a pond isn't the best feature for your garden. If you want water, you could instead consider a pebble pond or something that has no water basin, thereby eliminating any risk to children.

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  1. hi i love gardening :)
    Posted by jim on 06/11/2009 09:28:19
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  2. I want to change a section of my front garden and instead of the shrubs that are in at the moment, I want to put in stepping stones and shingle and then place some containers on the stepping stones. I can then move the pots if the wind from the sea blows too hard. I'm not sure where to start. Help !! Many thanks
    Posted by Eleanor Davis on 19/07/2009 16:18:25
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  3. Hi i love watching the show and am always left inspired but can never put the ideas into practice and would love to be on the show. I was wondered how i could apply to be on the show as i have a large long garden begging to be made into a paradise.
    Posted by Lynsey Butler on 27/06/2009 16:16:45
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  4. what i think you should do is put more acessiories in, build a extension maybe.
    Posted by J.r on 09/06/2009 13:22:55
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  5. My garden is 266ft long! 20ft wide at the entrance, widening out to 40ft wide at the bottom... any suggestions of where I can get an idea for layouts?! It has just recently been completely ripped up and top soiled, ready to go, just no ideas of what to do!
    Posted by Emma on 25/05/2009 17:07:07
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