Creating a Shade Garden

5 easy steps to creating a shade garden

Creating a shade garden is great fun wherever you are in the world and whatever country you live in. As this is an international site, my visitors could be experiencing different seasons. Spring is the time when flowers of all colours bloom like small drops of heaven, a pleasure for the eye and for the soul.

Having a blooming garden in the spring is like a miracle that really give you a lift after the winter.

As you will find out through the information on this site, it's not that hard to have a beautiful shade garden of your own.

Here you will find five steps to creating a shade garden.

Follow them and you will have more than just a garden, you will have a place where you and your family can spend hours of peace and fun throughout the year.

Colour

The first important aspect of a garden is its colouring. When you select the flowers you want to plant, think it through carefully.

The height and colour of the plants is very relevant. Those gardens that have plants of different sizes and colours are the most beautiful - small beauties hiding behind some taller flowers, seeming as if they are waiting to be discovered.

If you have some very tiny flowers, make sure that their colours are vivid and special, so they can be noticed among the larger plants and flowers.

Edging

Decorative edgings are quite popular nowadays: they give a great look to the garden and they are also convenient.

Using them will make sure that nobody will step on the flowers or accidentally destroy them while mowing the grass. There are many kinds of decorative edgings, some made of brick, faux-stone, and so on.

They also have different colours, which can be matched with the colours of the flowers.

It is very easy to install them and once again you can rely on your imagination: you don't necessarily have to put them in a straight line, you can be creative and design your own shape.

For example, consider bamboo edging. It looks really nice and natural against your garden plants.

Sitting Area

A garden can be a very peaceful place, where you can relax and enjoy the beauty and scent of the flowers. In order to increase the comfort, you should add seating to the garden.

You can choose whatever you think matches with the style and the atmosphere of the garden: wooden or bamboo benches, chairs, tables, anything that will make those summer evenings unforgettable. Flagstones make an excellent addition to the garden seating area and this site provides excellent landscape architect tips to help you.

Sitting outside when the sun is setting is the best time to relax, because most of the flowers have the strongest scent just before sunset.

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Attract Birds

To make your garden cosier and to give it that special harmony, add bird feeders. This will attract birds and you can also enjoy their beautiful song when you decide to take a walk in your garden or just sit and relax.

Birds will be grateful and they will also make sure that there aren't many pests that can harm your flowers. If you are lucky and you live in an area with a lot of birds, you might have the chance to have very beautiful visitors in your garden.

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Decorative Items for Your Garden

Now you already have a garden with beautiful colours and scents, enchanting bird songs, and to add the final touch, decorate your garden! There are a lot of decorative items you can choose from.

Wind chimes, garden gnomes and statues are the most popular, but you can also have a water fountain in your garden! The sound of water fits to the song of the birds and to the flowers around.

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You can start creating a shade garden using your own ideas and fantasy to make it a place that you love and can relax in, and which your friends and relatives will be eager to visit.

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