Principles of garden designing - Flower gardening

Flower garden designing techniques
how to design a flower garden
Designing a flower garden (contd)
Features of a flower garden
Different gardens - water garden, bog garden and wild garden
Features of garden - terrace garden, kichen garden, children garden
Features of garden - greenhouse, summer house, steps etc
Features of garden - fences, garden gates, arches and walls
Features of garden - furnitures, bridges, seats, bird baths and sundials
Features of garden - floral clocks, japanese lanterns, fountains etc.

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Different Features of a Garden - terrace garden, kichen garden and children garden etc..

Different features of flower garden explained here.

Terrace garden

Terrace garden is increasingly becoming an essential feature of modem garden. This is an area of paving between the garden and the house and it may be of various sizes and attractive shapes. In order to improve the look of the garden, the terraces are constructed for several reasons, e.g. (a) for cultivation of plants in pots or raised beds, (b) an outdoor area for sitting and dinning, and (c) dirt free children's area, etc.

Paving of terraces may be made by flag stone, native stone, brick concrete, wood or gravel. It is important to select the right colour and texture of paving material when planning a terrace. This creates interest in small area which bring beauty of growing thing close to paving room and dining room windows at rear living area. Plant material for this area should be chosen with great care.

Children garden

Modem gardens are specially designed and adopted to provide maximum safety, fun and enjoyment or children of all ages. The elements of contended play are sand pits, sand, water, grass, rounded pebbles, a small flowering tree, miniature garden and other game equipments. A planned yard in any semi-shady comer of garden containing the above includes childrens need in garden.

Kitchen garden

Most owners of garden like to devote at least a small part of their garden area in growing some good varieties of fruits and vegetables. In selecting a site for a kitchen garden, it is usually best to locate it in close proximity to the home. The garden should be laid out in a sunny place and enclosed by walls or high hedges. A convenient water supply is a very important item in a kitchen garden. The size of kitchen garden is also a matter which needs careful consideration. For convenience of working, it should be divided into quarters.

Kitchen, as a whole, seldom presents an attractive appearance, it should be located in such a place as it does not spoil the garden picture. A delightful and attractive approach may, however, be made by way of arched opening in the wall. Formal design is the best for kitchen garden.

Container gardening

It is one of the most interesting and popular methods of' gardening. It widens the scope of making garden indoor as well as outdoor and adds year round colour in the garden with minimum effort. Here lies the scope of using attractive containers of various types of different shapes and sizes. Simple shape and subdued colours are, however, desirable. Miniature garden can even be laid out in one big container or by using series of small containers. For outdoor display, large containers are better but small containers can also be grouped for bold effect.

In order to soften bare steps, to separate lawns, to make partition, use of foliage and flowering plants tub bed or boxed is very effective.



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