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Welcome to-
Landscape Gardening
Landscape
gardening is to the gardener what the Sistine Chapel
was to Michelangelo. A vast unblemished surface, to
create and design upon in a way that is unique to
you.
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As with all gardening
forms, before you create your masterpiece you’ll
need to have at a least a rough idea of what it is
you want to create.
Vast rolling hills and expanses of land stretching
to the horizon might be all well and good in theory,
but to work it properly a plan must first exist
somewhere, even if it is only in your mind. Without
a proper plan the landscape gardener will fail in
their attempts to create a work of art. |
Since you have such a
vast and empty canvas on which to set your
brushstrokes to, the brave individual who undertakes
landscape gardening, has before him a veritable
plethora of ideas to choose from.
A normal garden, or Asian garden. Wooded areas, or
large sections of uncluttered space. Water features,
gazebos, patios, decks, raised beds, or rock beds.
The list is endless, and all are as visually
stunning as the other. This then is where your will
power comes in handy. Resist the urge to jump right
in into the deep end and start digging up your
garden. There’s more to landscape gardening than
meets the eye.
I can’t stress enough how much planning, planning,
and more planning you’ll need to do to before you
start your landscape gardening project. You could of
course forgo all that tedious planning and jump
right in, but chances are you’ll get stuck even
before you’re aware of it. A good example would be
that lovely gazebo that was going for a song that
you grabbed up before anyone else could. But now you
find that it doesn’t fit anywhere within the
confines of your garden. After all, it was cheap,
what can you do? (A metaphoric shrugging of the
shoulders).
So, now that you’ve started on your plan, you’ll
need to decide what type of stuff you want
cluttering up your garden. A sun dial? Or perhaps
even a garden seat. What about that lovely fountain
you saw just the other day. And don’t forget the
gazebo.
Fine, you’ve decided the type of garden you want,
you’ve decided what items you want gracing your
garden, now comes the real meaty part of landscape
gardening. You need to decide exactly where
everything is going to be placed. In other words
you’ll need to design the landscape of the garden,
placing a pot there, a shrub here, a tall sapling in
the corner, your sun dial in a suitably sunny place,
perhaps even next to your fountain. And let’s not
forget to squash that gazebo in, anyway you can!
Landscape gardening is just like every other
landscaping gardening project you’re tackled to
date, only with a little more scope, and a little
harder work. The perfect choice for the gardener
who’s tried everything, and wants to start a garden
from scratch.
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Article from Kurt Kmetz,
Lawn &
Ornamental Specialist,
Source: www.HomeGardeningMagazine.com
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