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Home Garden Design in a nutshell

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This is the final station for the "Home Garden Desing in 14 Days" train and what a train ride it's been! We've looked at everything from starting out, to adding the finishing touches to everything in between. So let's recap the journey so that you can have an easy resource at your finger tips.

Day 1 - If you're starting your garden from scratch then the first stage of the garden design is to begin sketching out some plans.

Day 2
- While you're making plans one of the main items to consider is how much maintenance will your garden require. If you don't think this through deep enough you could end up with a future problem on your hands.

Day 3 - To help keep your plans, and your garden focused, choose a garden style that you find you can achieve and that works well in your location and gardening situation.

Day 4 - Take a look around. You may find that there's a landscape that you can borrow.

Day 5 - Now comes the hard work. Plans are great on paper but for them to become reality they need to be implemented. First cab of the rank is installing your lawn and garden reticulation.

Day 6 - Not necessary but fast becoming a project of choice for many gardeners is installing outdoor landscape lighting. This is a great idea if you want to utilise your garden not only during daylight hours but during the evenings as well.

Day 7
- The first real stage of building the design is when you being to build above the ground and give your garden some structure.

Day 8 - Every garden requires a maintenance area, so why not incorporate it into the design rather than build it as an add-on.

Day 9
- Moving around your garden has to be considered as well. So think about pathways in your garden that will fit in with the design but be practical as well.

Day 10
- One of the main projects that many gardeners are introducing into their garden designs are water features. They look great and add another dimension to the whole design that works really well.

Day 11
- Now it's getting exciting because it's time to start thinking about plants. The main consideration here is location, location, location!

Day 12
- Plant colour choice is important and says much about your personality. Consider it carefully.

Day 13
- But, plant and flower colour isn't everything. Stand back from the garden and you'll notice that plant shape and texture is even more important.

Day 14
- Finally, it's time to add the finishing touches. Accessorising your garden with sculptures, knick-knacks, whimsy etc will tie it all up very nicely indeed.






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