Small Garden Design - deciding what goes where
Small Garden Design - deciding what goes where
Task 3 - get this right and the rest will follow
Hello Gardening Minds, to old members and new, to those of you who have been here from the very beginning and those of you who have just joined
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Today, I’m setting the third task for the Small Garden Design course
Remember, this course works for any-sized garden, so whatever the size of your plot, come and join in the fun!
You can start this course at any time and work on it in your own time, and you can find a round-up of everything we’ve looked at so far here.
If you’re new here, please do also take a look at the Chat, where we get together at the weekend for the weekly Show Us Your Plots photo-sharing; I’ll be starting the new link to this so look out for that on Saturday, and post a picture of your plot, or whatever green space you’re near. It’s great fun and we get photos from all over the world - we really do. I feel as if I know some of these gardens so well, and as we enter March I’m excited to see the tint changes starting to whoosh forward as spring makes itself felt.
Talking of things whooshing forwards, what’s popping up in your garden? I’m back in my cottage garden and it’s just so heartening to see the yellow of the narcissi and the primulas, and even a surprise tulip, which I have to say I cannot believe, but here's the evidence:
It’s not as if there’s been much sunshine to bring this one sole tulip forward so quickly; I can only think it's because the weather has been so mild. It’s truly extraordinary - and I feel a tiny bit sorry for it, all alone with no tulip friends. Do you have early-flowering anythings?
Don’t worry if you haven’t got any spring bulbs this year - stick with us here on The Gardening Mind and I’m going to be reminding you about them, as ever, in the autumn - what to choose, when to buy and how to plant.
In Saturday’s post we’ll be looking at some more How To Garden basics, new approaches to colour and the joys of narcissi.
In one of the most popular slots here on The Gardening Mind, it’s also that time again, when I take a look at all those to-do lists that seem to be launching themselves at us, and try to extract from them what I want to do, what needs doing, and, most importantly and the whole point of What Not To Do In Your Garden, is that which can be left well alone. It’s going to be as reassuring as ever, making you feel guiltless rather than guilty about garden tasks…. which we optimistically renamed garden fun.
There’ll also be some show garden updates, and I’ve also got a treat for you up my sleeve!
All in all, the next TGM is going to be another bumper issue, with lots to dive into.
Today’s I’m setting out the Small Garden Design task I’d like you to mull over for the next couple of weeks
What we’re going to look at today is the most critical part of the design process: get this part right, and from this, everything else will flow.