I would like to have bird tables, water fountain, pebbles and anything else that anyone can suggest.
2007-09-04 11:01:29 · 9 answers · asked by jo d 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Here's some sites to get you started:
Gardening websites
http://www.gardenguides.com//
Landscape Designs: (Click on each picture for more detail & info)
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=landscape+design&rs=2&fr2=xpl&_adv_prop=image&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&vf=
Meditation Garden
http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/resources/garden_plan.html
Stone Patio & Path
http://www.dataexe.com.au/eds/townhouse.htm
Classic Landscape
http://www.classiclandscapes.co.uk/portfolio/planning_graphics/plan2_large.jpg
http://www.arcadiagardendesign.biz/img33.htm
Garden design winners
http://landliving.com/articles/0000000139.aspx
Small Landscaping Plans
http://www.addis-gardendesign.co.uk/plan2.htm
Better homes & garden also has a garden planner.
Here's a free interactive landscaping website from Better Homes & Gardens. You'll have register to log on to their website (You don't need to buy anything or subscribe to their magazine).
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jsp?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/planagardenhome_03022002.xml
"Plan-a-Garden lets you design anything from a patio-side container garden to your whole yard. Use your mouse to "drag-and-drop" more than 150 trees, shrubs, and flowers. Add dozens of structures like buildings, sheds, fences, decks -- even a pond."
P.S. Click on the refresh buttom (at the top) if the page doesn't come up at first. You may also have to close their magazine ad. by clicking on the x
Easy-care perennial rock garden:
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/2006sp_rockgarden.html
Top 10 Tips for Do-It-Yourself Landscaping:
http://landscaping.about.com/od/designexamples1/tp/do_it_yourself.htm
Good luck on your gardening adventure!! Hope this is helpful.
2007-09-04 11:10:52 · answer #1 · answered by ANGEL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got a wonderful book - 'Everything you need to know about gardening but were afraid to ask' by Rob Cassy and Valerie Scriven. It's packed full of useful ideas and information which should get you started. Work out what's already in your garden - whether you like it or not (you could always do swapsies with friends or neighbours). Also, instead of buying ready-grown plants (which I agree are expensive) try growing your own from seeds - it's really good fun and so rewarding (and if you have kids, they will love it too). Keep an eye out for local flower shows, where they often have bargains, plus if there are allotments nearby, it might be worth a visit and a smile or two! I'd set a budget and invest in some evergreen shrubs, so even in the winter you have some interest in your garden. You'll need to work out what will thrive in your garden and what won't (you can get a cheap PH test to see if it's acid or alkaline), and look at the amount of light you get, which direction it's facing etc. Don't be afraid to try new things. Plants will either thrive or die, and if they die, get something else instead - don't break your heart over it - that's the beauty of gardening - things will always grow next year. And the most important thing - have fun!
2016-05-21 04:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great question - re doing my garden at the moment and i agree with all the suggestions. I went to Gardeners weekend at Kings Heath park in Birmingham this weekend to get ideas and see the example gardens - i also suggest if you like a garden of someone you know take a picture so if you don't know what the flowers - shrubs etc... are called you can show a picture to the garden centre. also you cant get great ideas from garden centre on the types of materials you can use e.g pebbles bark and stuff and most
2007-09-05 01:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by corrinab2705 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you wont experience a garden on any website you have to feel it see it and smell it. i suggest you try and visit as many gardens as you can. its a bit late in the season now but look in the local papers for things like garden tours join the national trust visit the big flower shows. a good place to get a lot of plants are car boots and garden fetes you buy em cheap if they grow they grow if not no big loss. the great fun of gardening is to keep chopping and changing things round till you you get a pattern of planting you are happy with....which lasts about 1 year and then you decide to change things around ... its your garden create something that reflects your personality not something you just copy
2007-09-04 11:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better Homes and Gardens website www.bhg.com you don't need to subscribe to the magazine to view the website. they have all sorts of garden plans and a plant finder. have fun!
2007-09-04 11:19:54 · answer #5 · answered by 2prettyK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're mostly asking about hardscaping, and this HGTV site has some great ideas for that. I hope you find something you like on the site. I always head to www.hgtv.com for advice on anything concerning my home, inside and out.
2007-09-04 11:10:46 · answer #6 · answered by Serena 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I followed this system http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=419 and now I have a wonderful grape vine in my backyard!
Good Bye
2014-08-08 01:51:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
grow a garden or garden.com
2007-09-04 11:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by chopperhotballs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check this site.
http://www.gardendesigner.com/
Good luck!
2007-09-04 11:15:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋