The best thing about gardens is the opportunity they afford for creating just the sort of space you want.
It doesn’t matter whether you prefer colour and beauty to be gazed at from your Supremo Palermo garden furniture or the practicality of vegetable growing; anything can be achieved through good design. Here are some ideas for glorious garden borders.
All-year beauty
If you want to fill your borders with beautiful blooms, bear in mind that some flowers struggle in the winter. This won’t matter if you are prepared to live with lifeless borders during the cold months, but if you want all-year beauty, you will need to choose your plants carefully.
Clematis, lavender and alliums are examples of perennial plants, while geraniums are colourful and hardy flowers that can cope with cold and frost.
Consider contrast
You can make your border designs much more striking if you contrast them with the shape of the main garden space. For instance, if your garden is a straightforward rectangle, why not opt for curving borders to balance it out? On the other hand, if you have curving garden space, straight borders will provide a touch of uniformity.
Pretty pebbling
Another way to balance out any plants you have in your garden borders is to add pebbles. Not only are they easy to maintain, but they can also look attractive and elegant. The key to this is to use pebbles or stones that are fairly consistent in size and are of the same colour.
