They are particularly popular in England and Holland to this day. In this country you rarely see them and the knot garden is very easy to create, design and plant and provides a real highlight in the garden or front yard.
Create, design and plant a knot garden
The first step is to consider where the knot garden should be laid out in the first place. Basically, any location in the garden can be used.
However, if you want to create a special ornament, there should be enough space.
Then you should choose a type of boxwood so that the structure comes into its own afterwards.To ensure that the structure is even and straight, it should be a three-year-old potted plant.
However, if the knot garden is only to decorate the garden for a limited time, low grasses or subshrubs are ideal. In any case, however, you need a sketch on paper, which should be as true to scale as possible, so that you can get an initial idea of what the knot garden will look like later.
Ideas on how to design the knot garden can be found on the one hand on the Internet and on the other hand in the relevant specialist literature.
Create, design and plant a knot garden - the next steps
Since in most cases the knot garden should please the eye for as long as possible, it is important that the soil is well prepared. The earth is first loosened with the spade and
plentifully put in compost.Once this is done, the area is provided with a grid by strings. B. with a stick, the future pattern is carved. This is the easiest way to turn the sketch into reality.
If the sketch is perfect, the grid can be removed. Small plant trenches are now dug in the lanes and the plants are then placed there. It is essential to ensure that the individual plants are as close together as possible and that they are pressed firmly with the hands.
Once all plants have been placed according to the pattern, they still have to be watered properly and you can see your work of art clearly.
