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Growing Garden Structures that are Timeless

By: Dennis Goinich

Have you ever seen a garden that just looked wrong, or the sense of the area didn't feel right? Most often, something about the setup and layout seems awry, too closed in or very square and unattractive. It's possible that the garden was simply too cluttered. People start creating a garden area and want to add fences, fountains, statues, eye-catchers and any number of things to make their garden look nice. Sadly, in doing so, they forget the number one rule of garden layout: The more natural a garden, the better.

What a lot of people don't realize is that planting a garden is more than simply buying seeds or small plants they find attractive and sticking them in some dirt. After all, would you simply buy some lumber and tools, expecting to build a house without a plan in mind? Of course not, and gardening is no different. Before you set out to plant anything, you should sit down with pen and paper to outline how you want your garden to be laid out. It's important that, while doing this, you take into account how the plants will grow, what heights they will attain, and what kind of plants they are. If your plants will be low to the ground, even at full size, then you probably don't want very tall structures dwarfing them further. Likewise, if you have vine-like plants, then you'll want objects that the vines can climb up and wind around, such as fences or fountains. You don't have to have everything laid out in the basic plan, but it's still a good idea to have a solid foundation, even if you leave room for expansion later on.

Now it is time to determine the structure of your garden. You need to consider which plants should be in the garden, and where they should be positioned, to ensure that all of them grow well. It is important that you decide which plants will be harmful next to others, and which will compliment their neighboring plants. Most importantly overall is to build your garden so that it will become it's own structure.

If a wall must separate the walkway and garden, you should start with a picket fence or some artificial structure; then choose bushes that will be firm enough to trim into walls when they are fully-grown. Also, of those tools available, many are tailored to define which way your plants grow. For example, you can use a plain wire walkway to create an area for people to meander through, especially if you cover it with ivy.

Even with the work you've put into it, it's important to keep in mind that your garden will look awkward and good things come to those who wait. Your garden will likely seem cluttered while your plants are first growing, as structures are more apparent during the supporting stage. However, once your plants start reaching maturity, you can remove supports and the cluttered look will disappear, leaving only beautiful nature. You'll be very happy that you took the extra time to plan the layout of your garden properly.

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Dennis Goinich and his wife wanted to do their garden structures right so they went to the landscape designer in Sacramento firm of Hall Design and started by looking at the online galleries of ideas from their expert residential landscape architects. Hall Design took care of the whole process from design to getting contractor bids.

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