Gardens are for everyone! Even a beginner can create a garden space to love and enjoy. The best time to start planning a garden is now, Artwork  by artist Tamara Rigishvili
starting to plan a garden from scratch, whether it's a small garden in the city or a sprawling country garden, can be a daunting task. What good design is really about, I think, is mastering the hugely different dimensions that there are in any garden: space, scale, texture, harmony, colour, structure, light, dark, charm, strength, sense of place, romance, history and so on, Artwork  by artist Tamara Rigishvili
You may need space for some everyday practicalities like storage for toys or a washing line. Do you want a vegetable garden? What about space for your children? Any kind of garden will require compost, and serious gardeners might want a shed, Artwork  by artist Tamara Rigishvili
The single most important thing you can do for your garden is to consider the preparation of soil, no compaction, good drainage, and pliable soil rich with nutrients, Compost and good soil are two of the first steps towards a wonderful garden, Artwork  by artist Tamara Rigishvili
Keep your planting palette fairly restrained, for example, stick to a pale palette of yellow, creams, whites and lime greens; or a range of blues, greys and deep reds. These will all relax the eye, Clip your trees into formal shapes, such as hawthorn, hornbeam or lime and if your garden is big enough, plant some of these trees further out and let them grow naturally, Artwork  by artist Tamara Rigishvili

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