Many designed objects through the last two centuries seemed unnecessarily different in both function and fabric and for a long time a designer not concerned with something as practical as engineering seemed a bit strange.
Well things are different now.
The idea of concept of designing anything no longer seems frightening.
We now have designer clothes, designer interiors and kitchens and indeed whole designer lifestyles can be created, so why not designer gardens? Many people have discovered that putting together the complicated appliances and contraptions of a modest kitchen is far more difficult than evolving the concept with space, and it is no different outside.
As garden spaces become reduce in size, we demand more of them, fed by summer holidays abroad, as well as all the ads for decks, outside furniture, jacuzzis, plunge pools, pizza ovens - let alone anything to do with growing plants - many people find that they just don't know where to start.
On the other hands, as owners of larger gardens get older they need things de-cluttered and simplified and made easier to maintain.
Alternatively some people are just looking for a revamp.
What is garden design? Design is to do with sound judgement and cohesion and, increasingly, sustainability.
Style, of course, comes into it too, as well as cost.
So the design process is a logic process of working out where it is, who you and yours are, and what you want, and then making all these elements fit work within the space.
Of course this does require some technical drawing ability - although nothing too arty- to get your idea on paper and to scale.
You may have made cut-outs of furniture before and moved them around in a room to try a new layout.
Well, you can do exactly the same in a garden but on a plan, providing areas of grass, paving, water and planting.
The main differences are the scale on which you are working and that you have to think ahead as well.
Take into consideration who will look after these living plants.
Don't forget that plants grow too.
So design helps you to protect your ideas into the future, as well as helping you to plan for the daily, or weekly running of the space.
A Garden Starts In the Mind's Eye Yes, a garden can be an inconvenience if you have a busy lifestyle but it can also be a hugely restful addition to your routine.
How well you design your space will ensure that you get the garden you want and one you can look after.
There is a real satisfaction in visualizing the future look that you are trying to create or design in your mind's eye and watching it spring into life.
Gardening is a great mindful activity, where you can tune out from other life distractions, and the same goes for garden design.
To bring the two together in one concept is deeply satisfying.
For more information on designing your own garden, go to Cutting Hedge Garden Design.
Well things are different now.
The idea of concept of designing anything no longer seems frightening.
We now have designer clothes, designer interiors and kitchens and indeed whole designer lifestyles can be created, so why not designer gardens? Many people have discovered that putting together the complicated appliances and contraptions of a modest kitchen is far more difficult than evolving the concept with space, and it is no different outside.
As garden spaces become reduce in size, we demand more of them, fed by summer holidays abroad, as well as all the ads for decks, outside furniture, jacuzzis, plunge pools, pizza ovens - let alone anything to do with growing plants - many people find that they just don't know where to start.
On the other hands, as owners of larger gardens get older they need things de-cluttered and simplified and made easier to maintain.
Alternatively some people are just looking for a revamp.
What is garden design? Design is to do with sound judgement and cohesion and, increasingly, sustainability.
Style, of course, comes into it too, as well as cost.
So the design process is a logic process of working out where it is, who you and yours are, and what you want, and then making all these elements fit work within the space.
Of course this does require some technical drawing ability - although nothing too arty- to get your idea on paper and to scale.
You may have made cut-outs of furniture before and moved them around in a room to try a new layout.
Well, you can do exactly the same in a garden but on a plan, providing areas of grass, paving, water and planting.
The main differences are the scale on which you are working and that you have to think ahead as well.
Take into consideration who will look after these living plants.
Don't forget that plants grow too.
So design helps you to protect your ideas into the future, as well as helping you to plan for the daily, or weekly running of the space.
A Garden Starts In the Mind's Eye Yes, a garden can be an inconvenience if you have a busy lifestyle but it can also be a hugely restful addition to your routine.
How well you design your space will ensure that you get the garden you want and one you can look after.
There is a real satisfaction in visualizing the future look that you are trying to create or design in your mind's eye and watching it spring into life.
Gardening is a great mindful activity, where you can tune out from other life distractions, and the same goes for garden design.
To bring the two together in one concept is deeply satisfying.
For more information on designing your own garden, go to Cutting Hedge Garden Design.