Ideas for Creating the Perfect Small Garden
You may not think you have enough space to grow a beautiful garden, but there are a number of ways to actually achieve this (some that may be surprising to you). Get ideas for creating the perfect small garden in this video by P. Allen Smith:
If you have sufficient ground space, think about a vegetable garden. Four raised beds can yield a lot of produce in a single growing season.
If you don’t have space to plant directly in the ground, containers are an obvious choice. Use larger containers in groupings to get some real visual impact. Containers are also very handy for tucking into tight spaces, and they also can be moved around, giving you some flexibility.
Growing vines on posts can make an interesting vertical element. Using cattle panels to grow vines on can add visual interest to a garden. If you’re ambitious and love to prune, you can grow trees in the espalier (flat two-dimensional) form.
Another option is to plant dwarf type shrubs which are more compact and work great in small spaces.