A triangular shaped garden is a daunting prospect to design. And this is one heck of an awkward garden... Small Garden Formula student Ana from Spain was up for the challenge... The garden is around 130m2, wider and with an awkward shape. In has two sides with 20 years old, more than 5 meters high Cupressus arizonica planted every 30-50cm. I do not like that … [Read more...] about Awkward Triangular Shaped Garden Case Study – SGD Student Ana, Madrid
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Tiny space garden ideas – SGD student Rebeca
Last time we featured an awkward shaped garden, that Successful Garden Design student Rebeca from Costa Rica had turned into a beautiful space after completing the Great Garden Formula course. Not content with tacking one tricky garden, she's now done another one. This time it's the size more than shape that's hard to deal with. Designing a tiny space garden Rebeca … [Read more...] about Tiny space garden ideas – SGD student Rebeca
Odd shaped garden – how to design an awkward shaped garden
What can you do with such an awkward shaped garden? This garden belongs to Rebeca Brenes a forestry engineer from Costa Rica. While Rebeca knew about plants, there isn't currently training in her country in garden design. This is a really tough garden to design. Make no mistake, even professional designers would find this one challenging... With no experience and … [Read more...] about Odd shaped garden – how to design an awkward shaped garden
Successful Garden Design Tips – Patio Makeover part2
Here's how the tiny Moroccan inspired courtyard garden turned out! The first part showing the BEFORE can be seen here: Attend one of our FREE Fast Track Garden Design online classes and learn how to design your garden... Register on this page: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/freeclasses/ … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Patio Makeover part2
Successful Garden Design Tips – Tiny patio makeover part 1
In this Successful Garden Design Tips video Rachel offers advice on how to give a tiny Moroccan inspired courtyard makeover. She'll be back in PART 2 so you can see how it all turned out here: https://www.successfulgardendesign.com/sgdtips4-patio-makeover-part2/ Learn how to design your garden - Attend one of our FREE Fast Track Garden Design online classes... Register on … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – Tiny patio makeover part 1
Successful Garden Design Tips – How to use colour in the garden effectively…
In this week's Successful Garden Design Tips video, Rachel walks you through how to combine colours in the right way to add the wow factor to your garden! BUT do be warned, colour alone will NOT give you a stunning garden - you have to get the design layout right first. If you don't know how to do that then... Attend one of our FREE Fast Track Garden Design online … [Read more...] about Successful Garden Design Tips – How to use colour in the garden effectively…
Small Front Garden – SGD Student Anne Fries, Melbourne
I always love it when people send in photos of their gardens after doing one of our garden design courses. This garden is no exception... With NO previous design experience, Anne and her husband have done a tremendous job transforming their boring front yard into a beautiful garden... I'll now pass you over to Anne to tell you about her garden... "In November, my … [Read more...] about Small Front Garden – SGD Student Anne Fries, Melbourne
Small Garden Case Study – Christine’s Design
This garden case study shows what has been achieved in an incredibly short amount of time (just over 3 months)... Though, there is something about this one that is even more incredible than that, see if you can spot it and I'll tell you at the end so you can see if you're right! Here's what Christine had to say about her design process for her small space garden: I moved … [Read more...] about Small Garden Case Study – Christine’s Design
Small Garden Case Study – Hilary’s garden
In the beginning... Our garden is part of a brand new property on a brand new estate of houses. As part of the purchase the garden was turfed and had an L shape of paving/patio. It was essentially a blank canvas for us to bring our personality to it, which you think would make the design process easy but it is also means that you don't have a great deal to work with. The … [Read more...] about Small Garden Case Study – Hilary’s garden
Front Garden Makeover – SGD Reader’s Plans
I get so excited when people send me photographs of what they've done in their garden from what they've learned here at Successful Garden Design. So I'm thrilled to be able to share with you a really simple front garden makeover that one of our readers is in the process of doing. So these are the plans that Nicole, from Washington DC, has drawn up after watching just the … [Read more...] about Front Garden Makeover – SGD Reader’s Plans