Anyone looking to design their household in the best way will often look to inspiration for ideas and motifs to replicate. That’s not to say these homeowners are lacking in inspiration, but sometimes, it’s good to get the creative juices flowing. There’s no shame in this, movie directors, novelists, poets and musicians do this all the time.
However, it’s true that just like any other form of art, taking the work of someone else and applying it directly to your situation is not always the most suitable step. The same applies to your garden, where the circumstances, environment, and makeup of your green area may have completely different requirements than those gardens you see online.
For this reason, instead of adopting advice from gardening blogs or magazines, it’s always healthy to take a few steps to determine your own garden needs, so you can maximise its best outcome. In this post (and with no certain amount of irony) we’ll discuss a few tips you can implement for the best possible outcome:
Soil & Turf Type
Depending on where you live, the soil and turf type best for your garden can differ. For example, you might opt for sapphire buffalo as it’s been proven to serve as some of the best grass for Australia’s temperate climate. Depending on where you live, changes to the pH of the soil and even managing its clay-like presence in your garden can allow you to prepare the ground for a vegetable patch and more. Your unique ground makeup may differ from those you see elsewhere, and that’s okay. Just made the best of what you have.
Gardening For Personal Needs
Your garden doesn’t have to fit the ideal of what we might consider “a necessary outside space.” Your garden may be steeper than most, or require more fencing for privacy and security. Perhaps you have a natural water feature like a stream you want to protect. What matters is being confident in what you have, and allowing the natural character of the space to speak for itself. If you’d prefer to keep your garden simple with some basic climbing frames and sports toys (like goals or basketball hoops) for your kids, that’s fine too.
Native Plants & Local Biodiversity
It’s healthy to celebrate your own local wildlife and plants, no matter if they’re native to just your area or specific to your country. You won’t see many palm trees in Britain for example, but they can look wonderful if your home is of the right climate to support them. This is just one example, as integrating beautiful fixtures to celebrate the natural biodiversity, and indeed contribute to it, will help maximize the character of your garden. If your garden can’t reflect well on the natural environment it finds itself in as a baseline, then it may be worth considering if this has been your priority or not.
With this advice, you’re sure to see how your garden doesn’t have to look the same as others to be inspired.
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