The main objective in designing a garden or generically, in landscaping is to create a harmonious and resolve practical issues.  Try your own garden has a label, a style, a different air.  A garden not very grid is often the best option. Add curves and secret corners. Furthermore, the curved lines to make small gardens seem larger than they really are.

 Design a comfortable garden. Four tips:
-Select species that require low maintenance.
-Ground cover instead of grass which is what most work takes place in a garden.
-Plant in raised beds instead of at ground level.
-Opt for informal hedges instead of formal hedges require several cuts a year and   therefore more work. The informal leaves more free and consist of species that are cut very little or nothing, developing flowers and even fruit.  

If you have steep inclines, it is best to build retaining walls and terraces (terraces). Or make small semicircular  platform with the edge of stones as a mini-stone wall.

The main roads that are wide. 1.5 m. width allows the passage of two people at once. The side trails, the closer.  The roads can be illuminated by low voltage system. They are easy to install.  Care for the design of the entrance to the house. The front door is a very important space. You can go around the driveway with seasonal plants and go renewing color to vary the aesthetics.

 Install a small pond, a waterfall or fountain. It's refreshing sound of water and produces calmness and relaxation.  10. It's a good idea to have a corner in the garden hidden or secret garden for contemplation, to relax, to sleep, to meditate and to forget about everything. Here is superbly source for relaxation, some ornaments (few), for example, a sculpture carefully chosen, and your favorite plants is perfect to decorate gardens.

 It is recommended that the garden benches are surrounded by vegetation. Touch is a sensation to consider.   Maybe you like to devote an area to put a ping-pong table and a bench nearby to watch the game.   A pergola is always beneficial to your site as a natural sunshade. Are covered with vines.   Plant deciduous trees to shade the west facade of the house during the summer. In winter, without leaves, will miss the sun.
 

Conifers by looking for places where the prevailing winds come. Thus, they will protect the garden with its evergreen foliage.   Aromatic plants. They are easy to care for, beautiful and pleasant odors. (See List of aromatics).   Do not overload the garden with many species of plants and colors with excess haphazardly. This is a common mistake where harmony is absent.   Use stones of your region to mount a rockery.
 

The birds will attract a drinker or a stack of water.   You can go changing to cultivate plants in pots according to the season.   The ornaments in the garden have an important role. For example, a sculpture provides a focal point of visual attraction,  large jars, pots modern classic terra cotta or stone containers ...

 Hides the compost pile behind a hedge of evergreen shrubs.   Select plants adapted to your local climate and soil of your garden.  You know the color of flowers or foliage and the season when plants are more colorful.

 Study the areas of sun and shade of the garden to decide what to plant in each location. Almost all flowers need about six hours of sun a day. Know how much sun you need every kind.   In shady sites, instead of grass, ground cover plant shade tolerant ground covers such as ivy, Periwinkle, Pachysandra, Dicondra repens, etc. ..  or spread a layer of gravel or decorative Chinese.   Wetland areas with poor drainage are suitable for species such as Primula, ferns, Astilbe arendsii, Bamboos ... and trees like willows and swamp cypress (Taxodium distichum).

 If your garden is on the coast, follow these tips:
Protects against wind-deposited salt in the leaves and burn. The best are hedges, fences with climbing or heather sheets. Creates turbulence behind a wall, better, hedges, which miss the wind in part.  Entutora Ata and firmly plants so the wind do not expire.  "Every so often, gives a" hose down "the foliage to wash the accumulated salt.

To build a flower bed combines perennials and seasonal plants. In this way, you color throughout the year. Annual plants live a few months but have a longer flowering period and intensive perennials in general.   The ranges of helping you draw a hose and then sprinkled with lime or plaster over the hose so that it is the curve drawn.  Have the children participate in gardening activities. Instilled in him a love of nature. Leave them in charge of part of the garden and to plant sunflower seeds, lettuce, beans, garlic, beets, etc. ..   Children a sandbox distract them for hours. They like to dig and build sand castles. A box of 2 x 2 m. can be constructed in one morning and not expensive.