Small, Triangle garden suggestions
Hello all,
We are looking for help designing our small garden.
It is triangular as we are on a corner and the 'point' of the garden is generally in the shade.
We are keen on having raised beds with sleepers down the left side, perhaps with a number of pots dotted in it on gravel/stone but really not sure what else we could do...
Would like to perhaps create some sort of feature at the end of the garden but cant be too large and imposing because of the size of the garden.
Looking for something simple and easy to maintain with nice, colourful flowers/plants/veg
2nd photo is just of the patio area (mid cleaning!).
Thanks in advance for your help!!
Dave
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3 years agoI agree that putting borders down both side just narrows the garden and exaggerated the triangle. I love the circles idea. I enclose another
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2 months agoHello HU-11040405505,
Apologies for the delay, please see below very crude sketch of the plan view.
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