Landscape Gardening
John Smythe
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.
To your gardening success!
John Smythe
About The Author: John Smythe is an avid gardener from sub
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