Creativity Is All It Takes To Make Some Gardens Work

Planting a crop in your garden is an excellent idea, however, creative gardening allows you to have fun whether you are planting a flower garden or a crop to eat. One advantage you have today is that you can study all the different gardening traditions from all over the world and get hints and ideas for your own garden. Depending upon the type of garden that you plant, you can actually grow flowers that are only grown halfway around the world.

You can make a garden in a small area, but it is not easy. One way to overcome the lack of space is to use a glass container or a terrarium to put your plants in. A herb garden is perfect for a terrarium, and this can be a very House Garden Landscape Design attractive indoor garden. One advantage to this type of garden is that you won't have to water the herbs very often, because such an enclosed environment will retain moisture. You could use several small glass containers, or a large terrarium, like an aquarium usually used for fish. When you are doing this kind of garden, it will be much easier to manage, when the herbs you are using are small.

If your ground is not level, this can present a challenge for your garden, but it also gives you a chance to be creative and have an exceptionally interesting garden. By rearranging the plants so that Backyard Landscape Design Melbourne the tall ones are at the bottom of the slope, and the short ones are at top, you can strike a balance with what you have. You might want to also add a little stairway that people have to walk up to observe your garden. It is easy to say, but hard to do, that when planting a garden, you simply compensate for the slope by what you plant in the ground. You can make something original out of something that looks impossible by doing these few things.


Colorful flowers will make your garden more beautiful, and exotic flowers will make it more noticeable. Flowers come in all different types, so you should find some that will grow easily enough where you live. An example of a colorful flower is the orchid, and it is always impressive. They will grow just about anywhere. Usually grown indoors, Calatheas, are a flower native to South America. You need to know your plants, because the ones that need to be placed in the shade due to their sensitivity to the sun, must be or they won't do well. An exotic flower, that is native to the Himalayas and does well in cooler climates, is the Cymbidium. There are many choices for growing exotic flowers and these are just a few of them.

This article has presented many ways that you can do creative gardening, some of which we hope you will enjoy. Once you know the basics of gardening, you can create just about any type of design you want. Your garden will look great when you add surrounding decor, a variety of plants, and give it that extra special touch that only you can - let your imagination go wild!