Here are three good ways to reduce that maintenance-demanding, waterhogging lawn and create ideal spaces for gardening:
- Create garden beds around the sides of the yard, widening or extending them as you can. Alternatively, create what landscapers call island beds, which are flat or mounded beds (in any shape and size you like) in the middle of a lawn.
- Add large, sprawling structures that take up a lot of yard space, such as
* Pathways
* A terrace, patio, or deck
* A pool (swimming or ornamental)
* A potting shed or gazebo. Adding garden beds around these structures really spruces things up.
- Fence in or otherwise enclose individual “garden rooms” within spaces around your yard. The fence can be an artificial fence made of wood or metal, or it can be made of hedges, ornamental grasses, or trellises overhung with vines. Use your imagination!
- Create garden beds around the sides of the yard, widening or extending them as you can. Alternatively, create what landscapers call island beds, which are flat or mounded beds (in any shape and size you like) in the middle of a lawn.
- Add large, sprawling structures that take up a lot of yard space, such as
* Pathways
* A terrace, patio, or deck
* A pool (swimming or ornamental)
* A potting shed or gazebo. Adding garden beds around these structures really spruces things up.
- Fence in or otherwise enclose individual “garden rooms” within spaces around your yard. The fence can be an artificial fence made of wood or metal, or it can be made of hedges, ornamental grasses, or trellises overhung with vines. Use your imagination!
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