Your garden is your paradise, a place to escape to where you can feel calm and tranquil, enjoying precious moments surrounded by beautiful flowers, whilst listening to nature’s chorus.
Gardens are more than just outdoor spaces; they’re canvases waiting to be painted with the brushstrokes of your imagination. It can be an extension of your personality: vibrant, exotic, flamboyant or calm, understated and rustic. Whatever you’d like your garden to be, we’re here to help you with our 5 secrets to a beautiful garden.
Table of contents:
- Growing beautiful flowers
- Create seating areas
- Spruce up your fence
- Add some beautiful lights
- Feed your garden
1. How to grow beautiful flowers
Creating a vibrant garden full of your favourite beautiful flowers is a very rewarding and enjoyable endeavour. The first step to a blooming garden is choosing a colour scheme. Perhaps you would prefer pastel colours such as pinks, purples, blues and whites. If vibrancy is more your style, then choose bright colours such as orange, reds, yellows and creams. Choose the colours that reflect your personality or the type of mood you want to create in your garden. A tropical paradise that transports you to a vibrant, creative location perhaps? Or maybe you need a place of peace? In that case subtle shades that are both easy on the eyes and soothing for the soul are the colours you should choose.
To complete the look, you will want to plant them in some Grey & Buff Rattan Wicker Planters. Rattan wicker planters, with their natural yet sophisticated look, are a charming addition to any garden, patio, or indoor space. Planting flowers in these planters can elevate the aesthetics of your surroundings while providing a practical home for your blooms.
Bring your creations indoors and add vibrancy to your home with flowers from the garden.
2. How to create seating areas in your garden
A well-designed garden isn’t just about vibrant plants and flowers; it’s also about creating inviting spaces where you can relax and enjoy nature.
Get creative with your spaces, such as adding a swinging chair in a secluded corner, with dappled sunlight, for a quiet space to read or a charming al fresco dining area to enjoy a meal with friends.
Different seating areas can transform your garden into a versatile outdoor living space, offering both beauty and functionality, so you can move around and enjoy the sun or seek out the shade on hot days.
In Chess of @floraliehome’s garden, she has added the perfect spot for a cuppa with friends. This space is beautifully created with a blend of natural beauty, comfortable seating areas and fresh air for an inviting atmosphere that encourages relaxation and meaningful conversation.
For well deserved relaxing days under the hot sunshine, Chess has created the perfect space for the sun-trap areas of the garden complete with luxury loungers. The perfect spot for friendly get together with a glass of pimms.
Surround your seating areas with beautifully scented plants such as jasmine, scented roses, honeysuckle and lavender and you have the most idyllic seating space.
3. How to spruce up your fence
Spruce up your fence, shed and decking with a lick of paint and jet wash your patios to freshen up your space. Add some colour to any of your aged fences, sheds or furniture to help revive them. Opt for a traditional look and paint them in colours that are rich in earthy shades such as mahogany, cedarwood or beech. If you are looking for an on-trend colour choose muted, fresh tones to match the elegance of the rest of your home, like a soft grey or delicate olive green, which enhances the light in your garden.
After seeing @fionaandroger’s beautiful fence on Instagram, our director Catherine felt extremely inspired and since has adorned her fence in Farrow & Ball’s “Pigeon, Exterior Eggshell no.25” and it looks utterly spectacular in her garden.
4. Enhance your garden with beautiful lanterns
To make the most out of long balmy summer evenings, add a spot of lighting to create a serene atmosphere. If you have a pergola, add some weatherproof twinkly fairy lights around the posts and on the roof for a little cluster of magic in the garden. For a romantic feel, light some candles and add them to some wicker lanterns and enjoy late nights surrounded by the gentle flicker of candles, under the stars with a glass of something lovely.
5. Feed your garden
And finally, for a consistently healthy garden, feed your plants and lawn regularly throughout the summer, to a final feed at the end of autumn. Use an organic feed to help your garden grow to its full potential and replace lost nutrients.
If you need help finding the right accessories for your garden, read our article “how to make your garden a real showstopper” which is packed full of inspiration to help your garden thrive.
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