Fuelled by your creative drive, the opportunities are endless, whether you have a small, medium, or large-size garden. Here’s a fun garden checklist for you to progress through over the coming months. 

Give Your Garden a Fresh Design 

Is your garden looking a dated and tired? With the hustle and bustle of daily life, many people simply haven’t had the time to give their gardens the attention they deserve over recent years. As a result, the appearance of their gardens have plummeted. 

If you can relate to this, it’s time to give your garden a much-needed refresh, from new plants to new paving. You can make the design process a whole lot easier by using this guide to designing your garden. It’s very beginner-friendly, so anyone can read and understand it. 

Once your garden has the perfect new design, all your effort will have been more than worth it. Not only will you feel great about it, but your neighbours will also (no doubt) be jealous!

Plant Some Summer-Flowering Bulbs

Summer is approaching fast, so there’s no better time than now to plan some summer-flowering bulbs. Here are just some of the best ones that you can plant and enjoy:

• Freesia
• Allium 
• Oriental Lily 

You can get as many summer-flowering bulbs as you like from your local garden centre or by ordering them online – it’s entirely up to you. The key, though, is to pick ones that complement the colour scheme and aesthetic that you’re going for. For example, orange and blue plants traditionally complement each other nicely. 

Add Some Bird Feeders

If it’s common for birds to fly down from above and visit your garden throughout the day, then why not add some bird feeders? Not only do bird feeders look great, but they also provide birds with some of the food that they need to survive. It’s a win-win situation!When it comes to locating your bird feeders, it’s recommended that you place with within short distances of trees. If your garden actually features some trees, then you can even hang the bird feeders from the trees, instead. The higher the bird feeders are, the more difficult it is for pesky cats and other animals to mess with them and steal any food. 

Have a Garden House Installed

During the summertime, there’s no better way to enjoy the fruits of your labour by relaxing outside with an ice-cold drink will sitting in a garden house. Here, you can kick your feet up, do some reading, create art, and pretty much anything else you like. If you don’t have a garden house already, there’s nothing stopping you from getting a nice one for your garden. Surprisingly, they aren’t as expensive as you would imagine. Plus, you don’t need to get a huge one, as small garden houses can still have enough space for 4 to 6 people. 

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To enhance your garden décor, the following tips will be helpful:

Antique planter boxes

These metallic pieces are helpful when you have limited garden space or when you have specific plant species that do better in containers or urns. Having the plants in two or more containers placed in one planter box with intricate antique styling de-clutters space and will also contribute to uniformity in your garden.

Lighting

Many people forget about lighting when creating home gardens, save for the floodlights and maybe the light bulb outside the door. You should, however, give your garden to ooze your character or even sophistication by using antique lanterns as part of the garden décor.

The lanterns often emit minimal but beautiful light that will definitely add some life to your garden. The plants and your whole garden will literally look alive at night.

Antique pieces

Besides antique lanterns, you should consider having other antique pieces such as a butterfly hanging garden clock, edging, maybe a couple of carved cranes, hose guard, a door topper, or even a stake. These pieces are classic, simple and will add some character to any garden. They can replace other forms of decorations that could be used in place of the pieces. The earth colors characteristic of the pieces offer natural blending.

Curves

Curves have been known to evoke interest. Your visitors will have their interest piqued easily if your gardens have curves rather than dull flat and straight lines. Flower beds and garden paths with swells, undulations, pockets, bends and winding paths will be more interesting to any visitors or even a garden owner.

Space division

You may have to host a big number of visitors someday. However, you shouldn’t use this to leave out big spaces. Outstanding garden décor demands theuse of space dividers. This makes a garden more beautiful and less boring. Space compartmentalization is best done using arbors.

Include some exciting and interesting features

You can add intricate antique pieces to your garden. Alternatively, you may also consider including some interest areas around the garden. Interesting focal points and features may include boulders, birdbaths, specimen plants, sculptures and/ or benches.

Add color

Humans and birds are visual. For an inviting garden, include color. Color has been known to evoke emotions, change the mood, and also give are flection on seasons. Oranges, reds and yellows enliven while purples, cool blues and greens bring about soothing effects. Include these colors subtly to avoid a chaotic fusion of beautiful colors.

Variety

The best gardens have a wide variety of accents and focal points. Though to be used minimally, variety will have a greater visual effect and create more interest.

In conclusion, the best garden décor is created professionally. The inclusion of a few interesting and high-quality pieces and features here and there will bring harmony and add character/ style to your garden.

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