Add Interest to Your Garden
Add Interest to Your Garden
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There are many ways that you can add interest to a garden. Anything that becomes a focal point will add interest. That can range from garden sculptures to the types of plants you choose.
Adding block planting of a particular specimen can become a focal point in the garden.
Even adding areas of variegated foliage can create a focal point in the garden.
Seats are another item that can add interest to the garden and additionally they can offer a nice place to rest and relax while you admire your work.
Mirrors that are strategically placed can enhance the garden in many ways. They can bring reflected light to dark corners of the garden. Mirrors can also give the impression that the garden is bigger than it really is or alternatively, they can give the impression that the open space is bigger.
Placed at various angles, mirrors can add a lot of fun and interest to a garden and help to lead a visitor on to other areas.
Using hedges can also add interest to the garden while offering protection to the plants.
Hedges are also an excellent way to gain privacy without feeling closed in.
Water features are a favorite for many people and the sound of running water in the corner of a garden can add an atmosphere of calm and relaxation.
Water features can also be good for the birds in the garden particularly in the summer months when they might find it difficult to find water lying around to suit their needs.
As with sculptures, stones, rocks and pebbles can add interest and offer areas where you can walk even when the surrounding ground might be too wet. Shells also make a good cover on the ground for paths that can remain dry in the wet season.
There are so many different things that you put in your garden to add interest.
Everything from old cartwheels to wind chimes, aviaries or anything else you can imagine.
Tip: Here’s a tip I got from my neighbor that seems to work. They have a garden and several fruit trees. However birds kept pecking and eating the fruit from the trees as well as causing problems with the vegetables. They hung up a bunch of old CD’s on the tree branches. That kept the birds away because of the rainbow of shining colors from the sun reflecting off the CDs. So if you have problems with birds you might try hanging old CDs on the branches. You probably get free CDs in the mail as advertising. So now you know what to do with them.
