When making the most out of your home, it is important not to neglect your outdoor space. Making a relaxing environment is a perfect way to have a garden you are more likely to use in your everyday life. In this article, we will outline 5 top tips for making the most out of your garden. Let’s take a look…
Creating an outdoor room
Treating your garden more like an outdoor room is a great way to make more use out of it. There are many ways to achieve this effect, including temporary solutions such as gazebos, or more permanent options like sheds, verandas, or outhouses. Having outdoor spaces with shelter can make them the perfect area for relaxing on your own or entertaining guests.
Without an outdoor room and appropriate shelter, so much of our garden use is weather dependent, and it seems an awful shame to only spend time in the garden when its sunny. What could be better than having a quiet read outside on some garden furniture when the rain comes in?
Adding decking
Outdoor decking helps to ease the transition of both your indoor and outdoor space. Decking with more naturalistic woodgrain texture feels more organic, perfect to walk upon when enjoying an early morning coffee. If you are not a natural gardener, it may be that you want your garden to be stylish and contemporary whilst remaining low maintenance. Using composite decking can achieve this, as the surface is long lasting and very easy to clean.
You can transform a deck area into an outdoor room by implementing planting themes that edge the perimeter, helping you to feel more surrounded and connected to the outside world. As well as this, your decking can be paired with rustic outdoor furnishings, such as lawn chairs and rugs. Consider pairing the colours of your furniture to contrast against the colour of your decking. This is a quick, easy solution to make your garden space feel more considered and on trend.
Different Garden Zones
Creating different zones in your garden can help sell the illusion that your outdoor space is larger. Why not create a hidden space using a suspended garden swing as a place to relax? Placing different zones in your garden can help you to achieve a sense of privacy, individuality, and tranquillity. Making your garden a place you can escape to is a brilliant way to make more use out of your space.
There are many ways to create different zones in your garden. Adding stringent borders to decking or patio areas of your garden can help them to feel like completely different locations. Trellises and fencing can also better give the impression of individual outdoor “rooms.”
Vertical Gardening
If you feel like you don’t have enough space to add flowers to your lawn, you can incorporate a planting theme vertically. Adding climbing plants to adorn cladding or trellises can help your garden feel more like an enclosed, natural environment.
Hanging planters onto fencing is a practical, utilitarian way to optimise more of your space. For one, it makes use of the natural borders of your garden and does not clutter your lawn space. This gives you more room to enjoy relaxing outdoors, giving you more room to put down a seating area.
Terracing
Terracing is an incredibly resourceful way to maximise your space, especially if it’s a sloped garden. The process involves creating different platforms for different planting themes, as though you are creating a garden on top of series of steps. This has been a farming method adopted since early mankind; if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it!
Splitting your garden into different levels takes the same approach as creating different zones in your garden, in that it can make your garden space appear much bigger than it is. Tiered gardens are becoming increasingly popular, and by using terracing, you can make more space by creating extra levels to your lawn.
