Small Garden Ideas For A Confined Space

Gardening

oi-Suparna Chakaraborthy

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 12:46

In this age of urbanisation, big houses have now been restricted to flats and thus, there is a shortage of space to exhibit your garden. With flat culture, gardening seems to be a dying concept, but it is the need of the hour, more to control global warming and also to beautify your home. The only solution to bring nature into your flat is small garden. Garden need not have to be a long stretch. Small gardens can also to beautified with some quick ideas.

Here are some small garden ideas -

1.The most important small garden ideas is to get a mirror. Mirror is known for it's illusionary properties. Place a mirror on one corner of the garden where it reflects the whole space. The mirror will reflect the green around you, thus, making the space look big and extended.

2.Make sure you make a boundary for the garden, to mark the garden area and also to make it look neat. A fence will make your green corner distinct from others.

3.Don't keep flowery and leafy plants separate and arrange them according to their height. This will bring in symmetry and make it look neatly placed. In your little space it is best to plant some exotic plant collection.

4.Don't buy too big trees but to make the space look fuller, you can plant one at the corner. This plant to shade a corner and for your escape to nature, you make a seating arrangement there.

5.Another small garden idea to beautify the space is to have a carpet grass stretched across the floor with a terracotta water arrangement at the center. Place some floating candles, which can be lit at night.

6.In winters you can make creeper rose plants run across the fence. This will the finishing touch to your small garden ideas.

Use these small garden ideas in your flat, as your space with nature, to contribute to the cause of reducing global warming and to beautify your flat.