Herb Garden vs. Portable Garden
Garden design is the creation of plans for the layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals. Most professional garden designers are trained in principles of design and in horticulture, and have an expert knowledge and experience of using plants. Some professional garden designers are also landscape architects, a more formal level of training that usually requires an advanced degree and often a state license. Elements of garden design include the layout of hard landscape, such as paths, rockeries, walls, water features, sitting areas and decking, as well as the plants themselves, with consideration for their horticultural requirements, their season-to-season appearance, lifespan, growth habit, size, speed of growth, and combinations with other plants and landscape features. Consideration is also given to the maintenance needs of the garden, including the time or funds available for regular maintenance, which can affect the choices of plants regarding speed of growth, spreading or self-seeding of the plants, whether annual or perennial, and bloom-time, and many other characteristics.
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Garden Design Ideas For a Low Maintenance Garden
Many people either don’t have the time to garden or simply wish to create a low maintenance garden for themselves. This article will look at the issues you need to consider when planning a garden.
The first thing to look at is the depth and quality of the soil in your existing garden. Horticulturalists generally recommend a depth of soil of at least 300 millimetres/12 inches. Without good quality soil you cannot generate a good quality garden. A reasonable depth of soil is necessary for the purpose of holding water in the soil after irrigation of the garden.
In order to have a good balance of soil quality, you need to minimise clay, shale and sand content and replace it with better quality soil. Excavating up to 150 millimetres/6inches of these poor quality soils and replacing them with loam should be adequate to greatly improve the standard of the soil.
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