Do you want to make your little garden look bigger? These expert tricks ensure a real makeover in spring.
Now that spring finally comes, many plunge into their garden to get it up to shape for the coming season. But especially in small gardens, you often don't have the greatest scope for opportunities. At least many think that.
But even small gardens have a lot of charm! We reveal how you can make your small garden space -saving step by step. But before it goes to the design of your garden, you should put on a battle plan. If you shop wildly and go straight to the next garden center, you quickly lose track.
The 4 most important questions to design a small garden
1. What do you want to use your garden for?
First think about what you want to do in your garden. Should the garden become a place where you regularly spend time with friends and family? Would you like thereCelebrate and therefore need a large table? Or should your garden become a cozy oasis of wellbeing?
2. What shouldn't be missing in your garden?
Some dream of a small fountain in the garden, while others cannot do without a sandpit for their children. Before you, think of one or two central elements that should definitely find space in your garden.
3. How much time can you invest in the care of your garden?
Wooden furniture, flower beds, plants: All of these things need a lot of care. If you have little time to take care of your garden in everyday life, you should rather rely on easy -care elements. However, if you have a lot of time and also a green thumb, nothing stands in the way of your plant paradise.
4. How big is your budget?
This is probably one of the most important questions that need to be clarified in advance. Sit up a budget limit before the garden design and make sure when shopping is not to exceed it.
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Tip #1: Space -saving garden furniture
Before you buy anything else, you should choose suitable garden furniture. These usually take most of them in the garden and form the base. Later you can design everything else around the furniture.
The choice of your garden furniture naturally depends on how you want to use it and how much space is available. If you need a large dining table, we recommend a fold -out variant as a space -saving alternative (Here by Otto)*. Also make sure that the chairs can be pushed as far as possible below the dining table.
If you prefer a garden lounge, a cozy corner model is suitable. This usually takes up less space than a lounge in which wide armchairs or sofas face each other.
Even more practical:Lounge corners consist of individual, sliding elements (here from Amazon)*. You can move them flexibly and adapt them to your garden.
Tip #2: Use the heights
If you have little space in the garden, you should "build" up as best you can as far as possible. Instead of too small, wide flower chips, it prefers too high. Up beds are also perfectly suitable (here from Amazon)* or small trees. Incidentally, they are also particularly back with back.
Tipp:In a small garden you should generally work with different heights, not just when it comes to planting. Different heights, for example through an increased wooden terrace or small stone walls, give a small garden more dimension.
Tip #3: room divider
A wooden terrace or a raised bed also have the advantage that you act as a room divider. A garden appears optically larger when it is divided into different areas. For example, an area for eating, one to relax and another for the children.
You can classically divide the garden with half -high stone walls or use your garden furniture as a room divider. For example, if you have a lounge corner, it does not place it on the edge, but place it in the middle of the garden.
Tipp:In general, we recommend not to place all furniture on the edge. This looks very striking and takes the depth of your garden. So dare to put a few things in the middle of your garden.
Tip #4: Leave the view open
Before you plan a high hedge or build a privacy screen around your garden, first consider which points this is really necessary. A fully stored garden looks significantly smaller than one that leaves the view open.
If a privacy screen cannot be avoided because you feel disturbed by the curious eyes of the neighbors, it is best to use one from light colors. The privacy screen should also not be too high, so that the view can still wander into the distance and distracts from a small garden.
Tip #5: water and mirror surfaces
Mirror surfaces make your garden appear significantly larger. Therefore, it can be worthwhile to put on a pond or alternatively invest in a small fountain.
Heaven and the surrounding area are reflected in the water surface and visually give the system more width. In addition, water areas in the garden provide more brightness.
If you are too complex to put on a pond, you can also work with garden mirrors that you hang in the garden. Just like small rooms, mirrors make small gardens look larger.
Tip #6: Uniform motto and quiet colors
Especially if you want to design a small garden, you should choose a topic. For example, if you have set a Mediterranean style for the outdoor area, it should run through your entire garden.
Use materials that fit each other and pick up individual elements again and again. For example, natural materials such as stone and wood harmonize together. Washed furniture and decorative elements of different styles, on the other hand, make your garden look restless and smaller.
The same applies to colors. Remains uniform. Once you have chosen a light set made of light wood, dark sun loungers from rattan do not fit so well. Better: stay with a material and color scheme.
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Tip #7: less is more
Of course, some decoration should not be missing in a small garden. But here the motto applies: less is more! Sets small but targeted accents, for example with garden lighting. Colored decorative pillows also give the lounge corner as a whole that certain extra.
By the way:You can also ensure optical illusions and dimension with colors: dark colors give a room depth, while bright things stand out. Bright tones make the garden appear larger.
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Small garden without lawn
Even small gardens without lawn can be transformed into a well-being oasis with a few tricks. If you can't do without a little green in the garden, work with different plants and beds. You can also use special ground cover to create a "lawn -like" look.
Alternatively, delimited stone areas are also suitable. Anyone who has a beautiful paved terrace with inviting lounge furniture and palm trees will definitely not miss a lawn.
If you want it even more comfortably, sit on wooden floor instead of stone. This makes the garden look warmer. Here you should make sure that the wood is glazed and weatherproof.
Small garden with little money
If you cannot or do not want to invest in a wooden terrace or a fountain, you still have many ways to get the best out of a small garden.
You can build garden furniture from Euro pallets, for example. And there are also countless DIY ideas for the garden decoration, such as oneOr a balloon light chain.
And here too: less is more! A beautiful, tidy garden with a few elements looks significantly larger than one that is fully placed.
