With a large garden at your home, you benefit from several advantages. Think of the space it gives you to enjoy the nice weather in summer. In addition, your children can play freely in the garden! Yet it is often not easy to arrange a large garden in a cozy way. On the one hand, you don't want to clutter up the garden with stones. On the other hand, just grass is often not a pretty sight. In this article we give several tips for decorating large gardens in a cozy way. Do you already have good ideas for your garden?
Start by creating a floor plan
Before getting started with the layout of the garden, it is advisable to draw a floor plan. This way you can very easily color in, where you place which part of your renewed garden. Graph paper is great for creating a garden plan. By copying the plan several times, you can lay out the garden in different ways. Lay them side by side at the end to determine which layout you choose!
Tip: Also check out social media, where others are sharing photos of their gardens. It can give you inspiration for your own garden.
Adding plant borders to your large garden
Now that you have the floor plan worked out, you can color it in. Start with the plant borders, which you want to reflect in the garden. Try to group different types of plants and place them in a border. That way you get really nice corners! Think for example of a rose bed, a vegetable garden and a border with tropical plants. Also try to pay attention to the flowering time and period of the different plants. It is, of course, best when something blooms all year round in your garden. You can get information about the flowering time and period from a gardener or look it up yourself on the Internet.
Add fun wooden elements
In addition to various plant borders, you can fill the garden with wooden elements. For example, think about using a gazebo! Also log cabin, somewhat similar to a gazebo, are gaining popularity in recent years. Log cabins are a nice filler for the bare areas of your garden and in addition, ideal, to enjoy your garden even in autumn or spring. In addition to log cabins and a gazebo, a veranda is worth considering. The advantage of a veranda is that you can stay outside even when you are outside. In addition, you can screen off the sides of a veranda with cloths, so you are no longer bothered by the wind.
Add luxury to your garden with a Jacuzzi or pool
Finally, you might consider, adding some more luxurious elements to the garden. Consider a swimming pool or jacuzzi. It's great to cool off in your pool in the summer, or enjoy the bubbling water in the jacuzzi in the fall. By placing the jacuzzi under a cover, you can use it all year round. In doing so, you prevent dirt from getting into the jacuzzi. By buying a jacuzzi or pool in an outlet, such elements do not have to cost particularly much.
Which of the tips from this article will you use to further design the large garden at your home?