Creating Town garden and
patio
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Develop a sense of roominess
Even
though the dimensions are small, incorporate an open, preferably paved, area
where seating or dining furniture is installed. Avoid overcrowding this area
with too much garden furniture, but be ready to furnish it with plenty of
attractive plants in containers.
Create an illusion of
space
Blind arches, screens which suggest more behind - even when there
isn't - a vista with an object at its end and criss-crossing paths.
Make your garden look
larger
By adjusting perspective you can make your lawn or paved area
wider at the front than at the back. This will have the effect of pushing the
horizon further away. Accentuate this distortion by placing tall plants or
objects on either side, running down to shorter ones at the centre.
Include a secret
garden
If there's room, make your garden harbour exciting secrets: a
little arbour, concealed behind a screen; a tiny half concealed pool; an old
statue lost among the foliage.
Think of the scale
Your design can be as grand as you like, but remember to scale everything down
to the size of your garden. Large trees or huge containers may not be
practicable, but one or two prominent features, making a bold statement, are
likely to be more effective than masses of small, fussy ones.
Ring the changes
In a
tiny garden, it is easy and inexpensive to make major changes. Use this
facility as often as you like, mixing and matching plants as well as altering
the main elements of your design.
Balance your
plants
Planting can be as dense as you like - crowded, even - but take
care to banish thuggish varieties that smother their neighbours. Think of
scale, when planting, and avoid outlandish sized plants unless you wish to make
an especially bold statement.
A large mirror, carefully placed, will give the impression of a
larger garden. To make this trick work, have the mirror partially concealed, or
at least fixed so that its edges are not obvious.
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