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Planning Makes Perfect
Once you've made the decision to change your garden scenery, make sure you allocate a portion of time to the planning process. Think how each room in a house serves a specific purpose (sometimes more than one), and remember the same principle applies to your garden - so it's important to consider the various functional needs your garden will be expected to cater for. The majority of home owners view their garden as a place to relax and unwind, and if there are kids around, somewhere totally safe for the children to play. In addition to these requirements it's worth thinking about the following:
- do you plan to do lots of entertaining in the garden?
- how important is it for you to catch some sun rays during the day?
- will you be spending a lot of time in the garden once the natural light fades?
- is there a need to create shade within the garden?
- are there any on-going safety issues which still need to be quickly addressed? eg existence of ponds with young children, unreliable boundary fencing, uneven paving
- how important is it that you incorporate environmentally friendly strategies into your outdoor room?
- are you keen to split your garden into "rooms", creating specific zones for different functions?
- do you need to re-think your garden's existing access points?
