Landscape gardening is to the gardener what the Sistine Chapel was to
Michelangelo. A vast unblemished surface, to create and design upon in
a way that is unique to you. As with all gardening forms, before you
create your masterpiece you’ll need to have at a least a rough idea of
what it is you want to create.
Vast rolling hills and expanses of land stretching to the horizon might
be all well and good in theory, but to work it properly a plan must first
exist somewhere, even if it is only in your mind. Without a proper plan
the landscape gardener will fail in their attempts to create a work of art.
Since you have such a vast and empty canvas on which to set your
brushstrokes to, the brave individual who undertakes landscape
gardening, has before him a veritable plethora of ideas to choose from.
A normal garden, or Asian garden. Wooded areas, or large sections of
uncluttered space. Water features, gazebos, patios, decks, raised beds,
or rock beds.
The list is endless, and all are as visually stunning as the other. This
then is where your will power comes in handy. Resist the urge to jump
right in into the deep end and start digging up your garden. There’s
more to landscape gardening than meets the eye.
I can’t stress enough how much planning, planning, and more planning
you’ll need to do to before you start your landscape gardening project.
You could of course forgo all that tedious planning and jump right in,
but chances are you’ll get stuck even before you’re aware of it. A good
example would be that lovely gazebo that was going for a song that
you grabbed up before anyone else could. But now you find that it
doesn’t fit anywhere within the confines of your garden. After all, it was
cheap, what can you do? (A metaphoric shrugging of the shoulders).
So, now that you’ve started on your plan, you’ll need to decide what
type of stuff you want cluttering up your garden. A sun dial? Or
perhaps even a garden seat. What about that lovely fountain you saw
just the other day. And don’t forget the gazebo.
Fine, you’ve decided the type of garden you want, you’ve decided what
items you want gracing your garden, now comes the real meaty part of
landscape gardening. You need to decide exactly where everything is
going to be placed. In other words you’ll need to design the landscape
of the garden, placing a pot there, a shrub here, a tall sapling in the
corner, your sun dial in a suitably sunny place, perhaps even next to
your fountain. And let’s not forget to squash that gazebo in, anyway
you can!
Landscape gardening is just like every other gardening project you’re
tackled to date, only with a little more scope, and harder, back
breaking work. The perfect choice for the gardener who’s tried
everything, and wants to start a garden from scratch.
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