How to Create a Well Balanced Garden

A garden needs to be well balanced and planned to ensure the best out of the plot available for the activity.

Some of the taller kinds should be selected to provide height where this is needed. In the case of a flat-looking garden, the selection should be one to enhance the look of the whole garden, while tall trees should be avoided at all costs.

A good gardener always strives to maintain a careful balance between the various types of trees and shrubs-evergreen and deciduous, flowering, berry plants and also those with decorative foliage.

The smaller the garden area, the more care must be taken to make the right choice of trees and shrubs. It is very important to give size, in particular, special consideration. This is because in the case of over-large specimens, the overall proportions and look of the garden are destroyed.

lt is common to see forest trees such as limes, poplars and elms planted even in small town gardens. However, inevitably, these have to be mutilated by severe pruning to keep them within bounds. Most small gardens should consider smaller- growing ornamental plant kinds. There is no shortage of the ornamental plants and shrubs.

Apart from the mutilation referred to, there are two other reasons why it is unwise to plant large trees in confined places. They not only rob an undue proportion of the garden of light, moisture and plant foods, but even the roots have the tendency of damaging the very foundations of the house and the drains.

For small gardens, narrow and columnar trees such as Primus Amzinogawa have special value and offer much respite in place of the missing walk and drive-way.

There are a number of aspects that need to be considered when planning a garden. There should be a perfect balance between all the features incorporated. Right from the choice of plants to the concrete features, the garden should be themed and planned in a way that highlights creativity and not chaos. A well balanced garden highlights the exteriors of the home and adds to property value. Gardening is an art that can be developed in the case of an existent space that does not offer much area for experimentation. A well balanced garden is one in which the home, the garden space and the interiors blend into one another.