Sunday, April 6, 2014

Ideas For Small Garden And Edging For Flower Bed

By Darren Hartley


Taking time in the careful planning of a small garden, with as much, if not more, effort as a large garden is a requirement of small garden ideas. One must bear in mind how the garden is to be used throughout the year. One must remember that seating and plant choices are dictated by where the sun falls during the day.

A pronouncement of small garden ideas is that a corridor-type garden that serves as the main route to the front door can be both practical and visually attractive. For this type of garden, plants that grow slowly must be chosen to ensure the elimination of the need for constant cutting down the path.

Small garden ideas suggest that a tiny balcony or any inauspicious square of concrete in a mansion block can be quickly and economically turned into a private oasis. A rustic woven hazel fencing and plants in pots will be easy to move around to make way for the installation of chairs and tables.

The lending of character, definition and texture to landscaping beds is the primary purpose of a flower bed edging. Brick remains to be the classic, widely available and relatively inexpensive landscaping edging choice. The minimization of spaces between bricks where turf can slip through is attainable by tightly pushing the bricks together.

The laying down of old, mismatched bricks on a diagonal will achieve a 19th century domino effect to a flower bed edging. The digging of a trench and the addition of several inches of sand for drainage will ensure that the bricks will not heave.

Other than ease in mowing, the serpentine shape of a concrete flower bed edging creates a winding path through the landscape. The use of varying heights adds interest and allows a smooth transition on a slope or uneven landscape.

A flower bed edging with flagstone lends a classic look well-suited for country and cottage gardens. Flagstone is available in a number of colors and thicknesses. It can be easily use for the coordination or contrast of plants, other landscape stonework or house stonework.




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