Having a small garden space doesn’t mean that you can’t create a beautiful outside environment. Small really can mean beautiful and with some creativity there’s no reason why your garden can be any less impressive than the large formal garden adorning a stately home.

Make a plan

As space is at a premium it’s a good idea to make a plan. If you need some inspiration about how you can fill your space, then go online and visit the Ashridge Trees website. You’ll be able to source a wide range of plants and pick up some useful gardening tips too. Once you’ve made your selection, then include them in your plan. Are you going to use beds for your plant or will you stick to containers and pots? Do you have enough space for a tree or are you going to use climbing plants for additional colour and space saving? For a more professional advice on making the most of your space, call Round Rock tree and garden experts.

Gardens are also for eating in

If you live and work in a city, you’ll relish the pleasure that you can receive from relaxing in your pocket-handkerchief size garden. Of course you might not have a garden at all, but simply a balcony. The magazine House and Garden suggests that you view your garden or balcony as an extension of your indoor space.

With some hanging baskets, a table and chair and perhaps a trellis placed against a wall stocked with sweet smelling honeysuckle and colourful clematis, you’ll have created the perfect outside dining room. The magazine also suggests that with clever use of exterior lighting, you can expand upon the idea of your garden as an extra room.

Using containers

Just because you haven’t got much space, don’t forget that you can always grow tomatoes, strawberries and numerous species of herbs from hanging baskets. Just remember to keep the baskets well watered so that you can enjoy the fruits of your labour. If you’re using containers or pots, make a design feature from them. Choose pots that are unusual, you don’t have to have many, just a few positioned on your lawn or on your decking. You don’t even have to fill the pots with flowers, sometimes just letting them stand on their own as sculptures can create a dramatic effect.

Use all your space

The design magazine House to Home advises that you can hang conventional flower pots as well as baskets on your wall space, in order to free up the rest of your garden or space. The magazine also recommends cleverly placed mirrors to create an illusion of space. These will reflect your plants and enhance your garden. Sinks and bathtubs can all provide a quirky focus for your small space as can plants housed in Victorian chimney pots.

Once you’ve embraced your small outside space, you’ll soon find your inner ingenuity and imagination. If you feel at all daunted then go online and see what others have created in their mini paradises. With solar powered lighting, the garden can look as good by day and night, and you’ll soon be rather proud of your tiny but wonderful outside area.