Hide dirty spots
Aug 13, 2010
WHEN we talk about a garden, we mean a piece of land treated differently in terms of taste and style from what lies outside its boundaries.
WHEN we talk about a garden, we mean a piece of land treated differently in terms of taste and style from what lies outside its boundaries.
The boundaries could be walls, fences, hedges, borders; and gates will have to be crossed before admission is granted into a purely private world.
Depending on the size of a garden, these structural elements create corridors and rooms of open space which may be left with just lawns or flower beds.
Making enclosures is a very exciting adventure because what is visualised in the planning stage starts to take form before your eyes. For example, you may want to shield the dog’s kennel. And you plan to plant a row of shrubs, which when fully grown, will do what you desire. Later there will be a transition. The shrubs will grow gradually and transform the space to shield the kennel. All this requires careful planning. Work out whether you want the enclosure transparent or solid. Not all enclosures need to be high. For example, borders will fence off an area, but will be low enough for one to see clearly the contents in their midst.
Many borders are poorly prunned that they end up growing taller than previously planned.
Start from the perimeter wall and work inwards deciding where a hedge should be allowed to grow high to secure or obscure an ugly view.It is these features - the wall hedges, fences, pergolas and trees that provide the key vertical element in a garden composition.
They are the skeleton and so should be given careful thought. Hasty decisions may later be regretted.
The boundaries could be walls, fences, hedges, borders; and gates will have to be crossed before admission is granted into a purely private world.
Depending on the size of a garden, these structural elements create corridors and rooms of open space which may be left with just lawns or flower beds.
Making enclosures is a very exciting adventure because what is visualised in the planning stage starts to take form before your eyes. For example, you may want to shield the dog’s kennel. And you plan to plant a row of shrubs, which when fully grown, will do what you desire. Later there will be a transition. The shrubs will grow gradually and transform the space to shield the kennel. All this requires careful planning. Work out whether you want the enclosure transparent or solid. Not all enclosures need to be high. For example, borders will fence off an area, but will be low enough for one to see clearly the contents in their midst.
Many borders are poorly prunned that they end up growing taller than previously planned.
Start from the perimeter wall and work inwards deciding where a hedge should be allowed to grow high to secure or obscure an ugly view.It is these features - the wall hedges, fences, pergolas and trees that provide the key vertical element in a garden composition.
They are the skeleton and so should be given careful thought. Hasty decisions may later be regretted.