A garden is an outdoor space, which is planned for the display of the plants, shrubs and vegetation. The garden can easily comprise of the all the things that are artificial or natural. The current most common form of garden is residential garden. Many traditional gardens grow one kind of plant; like the Zen Gardens grow only parsley.
Gardens can also include some of the constructional enhancements like water fountains, ponds, statues, and various other things. Some people prefer gardens with only ornaments and no plants, while other prefer only flower gardens. All these gardens need some kind of maintenance, which is known as gardening. People do gardening on a regular basis to keep their garden or plants healthy.
Now, one can decorate their gardens with themes to give their gardens a different look. There are various garden themes depending on the taste and choice of the person. Some of the common themes are the Mediterranean and the Japanese themes. They tend to incorporate certain things like train theme garden or display their collection of antiques. Similarly, one can create a beautiful backdrop like water garden or a romantic garden with ponds of lotus.
Planning a garden is very easy, but you will have to decide your garden theme and type with the space available. Choose a place and see, which theme and garden type will suite this area the best.
Below are some simple steps that will tell you how to plan a garden:
Things Required:
- Catalogue for gardening
- Gardening tools
- Gardening soil
- Knee pad
Steps:
- Decide the purpose of your garden first. If the garden is only meant to beautify the place, then choose the colors accordingly. If you want to attract the birds like humming birds or butterflies, then choose the some specific type of flowering plants. Go through a green catalogue for more details.
- Select a location for your garden where it will grow in the most desirable way. Make sure that you do not choose a place, which is very close to the driveway or the doghouse.
- Think whether you want the perennials, since they grow thicker and longer as every year passes. If you want annuals in your garden then you will have to plant them every year.
- Select only those plants, which can adjust with the weather of your garden area. If the area of your garden is very windy then you will have to choose hard plants that can survive the hard winds. If the area is too sunny, then select plants that require a lot of sunshine and not shade.
- While selecting the plants get all the necessary details like the amount of sunlight and soil required by the plant, the frequency of water and all the nutrient requirements of the plants.
- Choose plants with good color mixture like don’t plant white flowers in front of white grass or shrubs. Instead, plant the different colored flowers together to bring out the color in your garden.
- Plan your garden in such a way that every plant has enough space to grow. Plant tall plants at the back and the shorter ones ahead. If your garden is in a circular shape, then plant the tall plants right in the center and the shorter ones outside.
- Refer the garden catalogue for the usage of mulch, since mulch helps in keeping the soil moist during heavy heat. Place the soaker hoses at appropriate places so that your garden is frequently watered. Make sure that you give the proper nutrients to the plants. If there are any dead plants, chop them off and make space for the new ones.
Tips and Warnings:
- Plant some annuals to fill the empty space in your garden until the new perennials grow. Always remember that there are some shrubs that produce berries, which are poisonous and harm your kids and pets. Therefore, make sure that you refer the garden catalogue and not plant the plants that are poisonous.
