How to Design a Small Modern Garden
This is only a small garden surrounded by 1.8 m (6 ft) high fences. The house is modern and quite small, with patio doors and one downstairs window looking out…
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How to Design a Small Garden Which Slope towards the House
Perhaps the biggest advantage of a garden sloping towards the house as opposed to sloping the opposite way is that you can see everything in it. Two likely disadvantages are…
How to Design a Small Garden
The aims of designing a garden for a small space vary according to different needs. But the basic requirement must be to have something pleasant to look out on all…
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How to Design a Sloping Garden in a Very Small Area
This small garden represents one of the most difficult situations on a slope. With very little space available for terracing, the design relies almost totally on cutting into the slope…
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How to Design a Sloping Garden
Sloping gardens are considerably more difficult to design than level ones. There are several practical problems that have to be appreciated before a successful design can be produced. This is…
How to Design a Secret Garden
I am often asked to produce a garden which has secret places or some areas which cannot be seen all in one glance, so here is a design which would…
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How to Design a Narrow Sloping Garden
This long, narrow sloping garden has been only partly leveled, with the half further from the house still sloping. The back of the house would enjoy a good deal of…
How to Design a Narrow Garden Which is Full of Interesting Features
Here is a garden which is full of interesting features. Most of the level changes have had to be made using walls rather than banks because the plot is so…
How to Design a Mini Kitchen Garden Balcony
It is worth looking out for miniature and dwarf varieties of fruits and vegetables that can be container-grown and will provide the added attraction of flowers and fruits through the…
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How to Design a Long Narrow Garden
One of the most common pleas which I hear from people with long, narrow gardens, is for a landscaping design which breaks up the length and makes the garden more interesting.…
How to Design a Long Formal Garden
This plot, like the previous one, is exceptionally narrow and the aim has been, once again, to try to produce a layout which minimizes the long narrow appearance and creates…
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How to Design a Large Garden on a Relatively Steady Slope
With the help of landscape designers, this large garden on a relatively steady slope was beautifully built. A patio immediately at the back of the house will be in full sun…
How to Design a Large Banked Garden
Here is a large garden with enough space to permit the use of banks rather than walls for terracing. The paved area around the house is supported by a substantial…
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How to Design a Front Garden
The activity in a front garden is usually quite different from that which takes place in-' the back. This means that a rather different approach is needed for its design.…
How to Design a Formal Garden
Here is a strictly formal layout for a large, almost rectangular garden. Formality and symmetry usually go hand in hand, so it has been important to establish a central axis…
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How to Design a Family Leisure Garden
This garden should appeal to anyone who likes a neat and slightly novel layout which would be easy to look after, and support family activity. The patio would enjoy a…
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How to Design a Family Garden
This article would teach you how to come up with landscape design to produce a useful family garden with a good-sized patio and generous lawn area. The patio could be constructed…
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How to Design a Courtyard Garden
Unlike many of the other layouts, this one has no grass. It is always difficult to decide whether it will be worth having grass in a small garden. Paving is…
How to Design a Bedroom Garden Balcony
Busy with bees and butterflies and providing a wonderful blend of scents and sights with flowers, foliage and fruits, the kitchen garden balcony is as pretty as it is practical.…
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How to Deal with Pests and Disease in Window Garden
Give your window garden plants good quality growing compost, water them regularly (not too much, not too little), feed as suggested earlier, and you should have few real problems. Healthy,…