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| Photo Credit: Lynn Means |
| This small space is a great example of scale and proportion at work. |
Are you a baby boomer who’s downsized to a condo with a patio, or are you a busy parent or professional with a small yard or balcony? Or maybe you’ve got a spacious landscape, but you’re having a difficult time carving out an intimate area to enjoy. No matter what your situation, keeping a small-space garden simple doesn’t mean settling for less.
Planting a small garden sounds easy at first, and many a gardener has sighed with relief thinking, “This is going to be a piece of cake.” Enthusiasm usually runs high in the beginning – until you find yourself with too many plants or not enough of the right ones. You persevere, making multiple trips to the nursery, all the while wondering how on earth your “small, easy garden” got so complicated! What happens to many folks – myself included – is that we plan for size, thinking things like scale and proportion aren’t a big deal. And that’s partly true: You don’t need to overthink them, but you do need to consider these important elements of design. Working in a small scale is simple, but the details need to be well-thought out.
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