Do you have a small backyard or front yard? This means that you can always spend a few hours in nature and watch your plants grow, along with a beautiful view.

Just because it’s small doesn’t mean you can’t do most of the things you can do in a larger garden. With the following tips on organizing a small garden, you will be able to create and provide the impression of a much larger space.

Keep it Consistent

Recognize your small backyard as an outdoor room where you can relax, dine, and host friends. First, it is essential to establish a decorating style. Many interior design rules apply to designing a small yard.

Each part of the garden, such as the fence, garden furniture, flowerpots, and plant holders, should harmonize with the other elements to create a sense of unity. Try to match the exterior style with the interior style so that the small garden’s design reflects the house’s design.

Recommendation: You may want to mark the garden alley with decorative stones in the same color as the stones lining the house’s exterior walls.

Hide the Fence

Visible land borders can make even a tiny yard visually narrower. Hide fences and adjacent walls with tall flowers and vines such as ivy, clematis, honeysuckle, and fuji. A quick fix would be an extendable artificial hedge attached to any location.

Recommendation: Another way to make a small garden look larger is to create a false sense of perspective by placing borders away from the center or placing taller shrubs in the front and smaller shrubs in the back. To visually enlarge a space, you need to use the effect of realistic perspective, which makes distant objects appear smaller.

Choosing the Right Furniture for a Small Garden

Choosing garden furniture is an essential step in determining the overall layout of your garden. However, you should also take into consideration the size of your garden. Try to keep the number of furniture pieces as small as possible to allow good air circulation.

Recommendation: To avoid being squeezed into a small garden, choose garden furniture that can be used for multiple purposes. For example, a small solid table made of reed and aluminum structure can be turned into a cushioned chair, while a folding outdoor chair made of acrylic fiber can be transformed into a lounger. Foldable chairs, tables, and benches are also suitable. You can always move them around when you want to hide them from the rain.

A simple principle that works well for creating any small yard is simplicity. When choosing tiles, try not to combine more than three materials. Also, make sure you have enough time to take care of your plants. It is better to have a small garden with only two or three healthy and beautiful plants than a garden with so many different kinds of flowers that it is impossible to care for them.

Observe the Main Landmarks of Your Chosen Style

For a small garden, any style can be interpreted. You just have to understand its essence.

• Wooden furniture, terracotta pots, and basic flowers such as geraniums, chrysanthemums, daisies, marigolds, and alcea rosea are perfect for a small country garden. For ornaments and sculptures, birdhouses and anemometers are ideal.
• Choose comfortable garden furniture with simple lines and plants with broad or long pointed leaves such as aloe vera for a small modern garden.
• For a small oriental garden, choose bamboo, mossy things, lichen, irregularly shaped stones, low chairs, or outdoor beignets. Don’t forget to add a bridge to your garden: if you can’t use water for decoration, a tree-lined avenue with an arched wooden or stone bridge will give the effect often seen in Oriental gardens.

Let us know if these few tips have helped in designing your small garden in the comments below!