Having a big garden full of beautiful plants, perfectly manicured lawns and incredible displays of all sorts of lovely flowers is the dream, of course, but it’s important to remember that gardening is also a huge amount of work.
It can be difficult to find the time to really look after your outdoor spaces when you’re juggling many other life commitments, so your options are to consider getting a gardener or perhaps coming up with smaller more manageable ideas for your gardens so you can enjoy the great outdoors without having to dedicate too much time to the pursuit.
One potential strategy to consider for landscaping is designing a capsule garden, which is a more simplified and lower maintenance version of the more traditional garden. It’s perfect for those of you with smaller gardens, but it also works well for anyone with a bigger space who wants a beautiful garden without having to put in too much effort.
The idea is to be intentional and deliberate with every part of the space. Think about what kind of colour scheme you’d like to go for, with perhaps one or two main colours and a few accent shades to make the space pop with bold colour here and there.
Don’t forget that colour can change the energy of the space, so think about what you’d like to achieve and how you’d like your gardens to feel, as this will help inform your choices.
From there, you can start thinking about what kind of planting you’d like to go for. Opting for evergreens is a great place to begin, so you can enjoy proper structure and interest throughout the year, enjoying your garden season by season and appreciating it for how it changes as time goes on.
It can also be easier to put your gardens together when you have a particular theme in mind, such as a Mediterranean or Japanese garden, for example.
Other top gardening themes include kitchen, cottage, zen, tea, pollinator and rock gardens… so just do some research to see which you’d like to adopt for your own spaces.