Garden Design: How a small garden Feel Bigger - Small, shady, lack of privacy, surrounded by walls or high fences - if this sounds like your garden, do not despair. Try some of these tips landscape designers use to make small spaces feel much larger and more welcoming.
AMS Landscape Design Studios, Inc.
Extending the paving site edges
for a small garden feel more, use the same paving material right through space. Here, the light colored gravel surrounded by paving slabs cream makes this front yard light and airy feel, with clipped box hedging providing a crisp green border. The globe stainless steel in front of the entrance is a beautiful device to direct visitors at the entrance.
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for a small garden feel more, use the same paving material right through space. Here, the light colored gravel surrounded by paving slabs cream makes this front yard light and airy feel, with clipped box hedging providing a crisp green border. The globe stainless steel in front of the entrance is a beautiful device to direct visitors at the entrance.
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soften the limits
high walls can feel overpowering in a small space, but, in this court, garden climbers embellish the walls with their green texture. They also reduce the perception of height because they visually connect the lower level planting. The large urn at the center of the garden draws the eye to the garden itself and away from the outer buildings.
high walls can feel overpowering in a small space, but, in this court, garden climbers embellish the walls with their green texture. They also reduce the perception of height because they visually connect the lower level planting. The large urn at the center of the garden draws the eye to the garden itself and away from the outer buildings.
Tim Davies Landscaping
Keep it simple,
reducing the number of materials and plants in a small garden feel spacious and uncluttered. Wood decking above is also used for seating for a clean, minimalist look that works well with the architecture. Block planting agave and low green blanket continue this idea. The organic shape of the frangipani tree in the foreground is an intelligent contrast to all straight lines and also allows the winter sun.
reducing the number of materials and plants in a small garden feel spacious and uncluttered. Wood decking above is also used for seating for a clean, minimalist look that works well with the architecture. Block planting agave and low green blanket continue this idea. The organic shape of the frangipani tree in the foreground is an intelligent contrast to all straight lines and also allows the winter sun.
Gardens by Gabriel, Inc.
Try similar forms
the form of repetition is one of the best design of devices to create continuity in a garden. In this relatively small area, it works very well with the curved shape of the pavement echoed in the function of a fireplace, a bench and water. Around these features with simple planting only enhances the drama.
the form of repetition is one of the best design of devices to create continuity in a garden. In this relatively small area, it works very well with the curved shape of the pavement echoed in the function of a fireplace, a bench and water. Around these features with simple planting only enhances the drama.
Utopia Landscape Design
Dress smooth walls
a line of three pots planted with beautiful bromeliads in this garden is a great way to design an interesting focal point in a small garden, which reduces the impact of the high wall. Wooden panels add more interest, brightening what would otherwise be a plain background.
a line of three pots planted with beautiful bromeliads in this garden is a great way to design an interesting focal point in a small garden, which reduces the impact of the high wall. Wooden panels add more interest, brightening what would otherwise be a plain background.
Project Designs Architects
Balance architecture and garden
simplicity of this little garden is the perfect film to improve the size of the house. wooden bridges floating in a sea of stones, takes you on a leisurely trip to the front door, with sculptural cycad softening hard materials. The stones also create a visual connection to the stone walls of the house, intensifying the link between the house and the garden.
simplicity of this little garden is the perfect film to improve the size of the house. wooden bridges floating in a sea of stones, takes you on a leisurely trip to the front door, with sculptural cycad softening hard materials. The stones also create a visual connection to the stone walls of the house, intensifying the link between the house and the garden.
create illusions with materials
Take wood "floor" of the garden in a vertical direction to turn into walls is a smart way to make a small space feel more unified and therefore appear larger. The function of blue stone water inset continues the beautiful curve of the wall, completing this beautiful illusion.
Take wood "floor" of the garden in a vertical direction to turn into walls is a smart way to make a small space feel more unified and therefore appear larger. The function of blue stone water inset continues the beautiful curve of the wall, completing this beautiful illusion.
DDB Design Development & Building
Use pleached or large trees, thin plants
pleached trees (where the foliage is cut to form a hedge) are ideal for small gardens because they allow light above and leave a space to plant below. Pleached trees used here are lush and dense Ficus microcarpa hillii . T o the right is a bamboo plantation, ideal for narrow areas due to its lean shape. See how beautiful light gray trunks of ficus echo the right of bamboo.
pleached trees (where the foliage is cut to form a hedge) are ideal for small gardens because they allow light above and leave a space to plant below. Pleached trees used here are lush and dense Ficus microcarpa hillii . T o the right is a bamboo plantation, ideal for narrow areas due to its lean shape. See how beautiful light gray trunks of ficus echo the right of bamboo.
Dean Herald-Rolling Stone Landscapes
Unify home and garden
It's all about connections in small outdoor spaces, so that the house and garden are as a large area. In this garden, the house opens onto a deck with the same wood also used later in the garden. When the doors are open, the area becomes a nice big space. Tropical plants around the edges give this garden a station atmosphere, the weighted lush planting the small end of single emerald green lawn.
It's all about connections in small outdoor spaces, so that the house and garden are as a large area. In this garden, the house opens onto a deck with the same wood also used later in the garden. When the doors are open, the area becomes a nice big space. Tropical plants around the edges give this garden a station atmosphere, the weighted lush planting the small end of single emerald green lawn.
Rhodes Architecture + Light
Don 't waste side gardens.
narrow side gardens are an often overlooked area of landscape design. informal paving and planting work to offset the straight walls and high fence, creating a fresh and welcoming way. The vast planting grasses green part palette, ferns and maple contrast greatly with large orange lilies to make the trip from the front door of a surprise and joy.
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narrow side gardens are an often overlooked area of landscape design. informal paving and planting work to offset the straight walls and high fence, creating a fresh and welcoming way. The vast planting grasses green part palette, ferns and maple contrast greatly with large orange lilies to make the trip from the front door of a surprise and joy.
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do you have a garden? How do you make the most of it? Share your tips and photos in the comments below.