Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Ideas For Small Garden And Edging For Flower Bed

By Darren Hartley


A requirement of small garden ideas is the taking of ample time in the careful planning of a small garden, with as much, if not more, care as a large garden. How the garden is to be used throughout the year need to be thought about. That seating and plant choices are dictated by where the sun falls during the day need to be remembered.

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.

A suggestion from small garden ideas is the quick and economical turning of a tiny balcony or any inauspicious square of concrete in a mansion block into a private oasis. Easy to move around to make way for the installation of chairs and tables are a rustic woven hazel fencing and plants in pots.

Character, definition and texture are what a flower bed edging bring to landscaping beds. Brick is the classic, widely available and relatively inexpensive landscaping edging choice. By tightly pushing bricks together, the space between the bricks where turf can slip through is minimized.

For a 19th century domino effect to a flower bed edging, old, mismatched bricks can be laid on a diagonal. To make sure that the bricks do not heave, a trench may be dug and several inches of sand may be added as drainage.

The creation of a winding path through the landscape is the purpose of the serpentine shape of a concrete flower bed edging. It also provides mowing ease. By using varying heights, interest is added and a smooth transition on a slope or uneven landscape is allowed.

For that classic look well-suited to country and cottage gardens, a flower bed edging with flagstone may be used. Available in a number of colors and thicknesses, flagstone is easily usable for coordinating or contrasting plants, other landscape stonework or house stonework.




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