Theme Types Suggested for Your Garden
Article by Chitrang Adalatwale
A garden is nothing but an artwork drawn on a big canvas. Just like a painting, the garden presents a multitude of colour and texture. When texture and flavour all come down to earth, it is none other than a beautiful garden.
A patch of land is transformed into a great garden using the various available garden designs. But before taking up the landscaping work in the garden, we should first set up a direction. There are garden theme designs available, which help set a direction for your garden, making way for forming a style, logical and organised garden. We can now discuss about some of the popular garden designs for your guidance, to set up your own garden.
Japanese Type of Designs
This type of design is becoming very popular among the people, as they are gaining strong attraction towards Japanese culture. Japanese gardens are being appreciated all over the world because of its timeless simplicity. This is the design characterised by the mixed use of grass, stone and moss. This mixture is a complimentary effect of highlighting stone and grass, in view of the contrast between the hardness of the stone and softness of the grass. In the middle of the main garden, to emphasize a point of attraction, a bonsai tree or a Japanese Zen garden is designed. Apart from the design discussed now, there are other designs too for the people to carry out as described below.
European Garden Designs
This garden design is famous for its structure, like the Japanese gardens. But this design varies from the Japanese style, as this design tries to re-create nature whereas the European style uses nature to create symmetrical and linear formations. In these types of gardens, mostly you can find mazes and pathways created by using wooden hedges.
Cottage Garden Designs
The cottage garden is another popular type of design, but it is contradictory to the formal European gardens. In lieu of well-defined lines formation, cottage gardens are created with loosely designed beds of flowers and colourful perennials. It also stands far from practical methods and plantings are based on the preference of the plants itself.
Rock Gardens
It is not always possible to design a garden with full of flowers, trees and different plants. You are aware that in some regions, where there is a shortage of water, you will find it extremely difficult to grow plants and keep them alive. In these areas, watering the plants will also be highly expensive. There are pieces of rocks available, with attractive designs and colours, and these rocks can be acquired and placed in strategic positions to create rock gardens.
Tropical Garden Designs
Tropical gardens are designed with tropical plants and this type of design aims at creating natural scenery that is normally found in tropical countries like Bali, Jamaica and other similar countries. Usually you will find sculptures, which are native to island nations, in these types of gardens to add character to the designs.
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