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Reduction creates spaciousness - this is how it works

Careful planning is particularly worthwhile for a small garden. Every detail counts here in order to make the most of the limited space available. The motto for the floor plan is: size is created through reduction. If you create decentralized garden rooms, the garden does not appear to the viewer at first glance. This trick creates tension and makes the area appear more open. These garden ideas show how it works:

• Divide the garden into plots with different themes, such as seating, swings or vegetable patches
• Suitable room dividers: half-height gabions, perennial beds, low hedges, tall ornamental grasses
• Create level differences with raised beds and small dry stone walls Natural stone

The aim of this garden design is to leave the viewer puzzled as to how it goes beyond the demarcation. These garden ideas invite the visitor to embark on an exciting journey of discovery. The actual size of the garden takes a back seat.

Visual axes suggest the depth of the room - that's how it works

Symmetrical lines of sight and diagonals are nice for garden design in small areas. The focus is on planning the routes. The top priority is that you lay out all garden paths with a clear goal. For example, a paved path guides the view from the terrace to you pavilion at the other end of the garden, this course creates an optical spaciousness.

The 'golden ratio' principle has proven itself for symmetrical garden design. The division of paths and areas depends on the shape of the garden. In the narrow, long garden, curved paths create an optical depth effect. In the broad, short garden, this effect is achieved with dead straight paths.

Lawn in a small garden - it depends on the shape

All efforts to create optical spaciousness lose their effectiveness when you create a rectangular or square lawn. With oval and circular lawns, on the other hand, you visibly open up the small property. This ingenious trick is both beautiful and exciting when the green areas are framed by loose, varied planting. With such garden ideas you create harmonious islands in the overall picture, which cause perspective expansion in the small garden.

Skilful plant selection - tips for the floral arrangement

The selection of plants is one of the key functions in successful garden design planning. Please act according to the premise: less is more. Make yourself aware that in the small garden every single plant is ins eye falls. The following garden ideas would like to serve as inspiration:

• A small house tree acts as the center, like sphericalTrumpet tree 'Nana' (Catalpa bignonioides) or crabapple (Malus)
• Ideal for dark Garden corners: Shrubs with light green or yellow foliage, such as Japanese golden maple (Acer shirasawanum)
• Tone-on-tone arrangements underline a harmonious appearance
• House walls and pergola are covered with espalier fruit or climbing plants

Another recipe for success for imaginative garden design in small gardens: Plant perennials with blue flowers or dark-colored leaves in the background. Plan lower plants with small, light green leaves and pastel colored flowers in front of the floral space openers. This horticultural trick makes each bed appear longer than it actually is.

Garden ideas for decorative accents

Sculptures, small fountains, a splashing water feature or boulders made of local natural stone serve as unique eye-catchers in every season of the year. Include a lighting a, a small garden turns into a romantic retreat at night. By placing individual plants or Garden figures Illuminating from below creates additional spatial depth in the nocturnal garden.

Water and mirrors - garden ideas for permitted deception maneuvers

When space is in short supply, the creative gardener reaches into the garden design bag of tricks when planning. Here he makes use of the phenomenon that reflective surfaces suggest spaciousness. In the open air, this is mainly achieved with water and mirrors. Both garden ideas are examined in more detail below.

Large ponds and streams are reserved for parks and large gardens. That does not imply that you have to do without idyllic water worlds in the small garden. On the contrary, water surfaces are particularly popular here because the sky, sunlight and the surroundings are reflected in them. There is space in the smallest garden for a mini pond in a wooden tub, wine barrel or ceramic bowl.

The 'Trompe-l'oeil' method is copied from French garden designers. Translated, the term means 'to fool the eye'. This is achieved with mirrors that are cleverly integrated into the planning and simulate spatial width. Wall paintings aim in a similar direction, simulating a view of an endless landscape.