Posted by | Posted in Garden Layout | Posted on 27-08-2011
Tags: small garden design ideas
The History Of Terracotta Pots
Over recent decades terracotta pots have become increasingly popular with those who wish to create a contemporary garden design. However, unbeknown to many people, terracotta has actually been used architecturally for many centuries.
The pots originate from their use throughout history for sculpture, pottery, bricks and roof shingles. In ancient times, the first clay sculptures were dried (baked) in the sun after being found and were then placed in the ashes of open hearths to harden. Kilns were then used, similar to those that are more traditionally used for pottery today.
The few people who know this information therefore like to use these pots as part of their contemporary garden design because they provide a sense of history and culture.
When people think of terracotta pots they normally think of something that they would normally find in their contemporary garden design. However, terracotta has been used for many centuries around the world for lots of different reasons.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
How can I get free design ideas for my small back garden?
My back garden is 5m x 8m and north facing so not much sun. The grass is full of moss and never gets much chance to dry out. I'd like decking or something more exciting than poor quality grass, any ideas on how to make the garden look bigger and better?-
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Check local garden centres, gardening design books, the internet and you can ask for advice from your gardening groups it just depends what you really want to do with the space you have got
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how can I find out some ideas for a shingle and paving design small garden?
pictures would be ideal-
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try the jewson website? also if you type into a search engine 'garden design' this should give you lots of places that offer garden designs. Most of them has pictures for inspiration. I done this only a few weeks ago. I cannot remember the websites that i looked at though. good luck
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Does anyone have links to well designed garden ideas?
I'm looking for links to good photographs, or even video links. I'm NOT interested in flower, or the extremely fancy herb gardens.I'm interested in really practicle gardens that produce fruits, vegtables, berries, and possibly small orchards.
Living and working on my own farm leaves me little to no time to tour the gardens of other people. I'm always looking for good ideas I can incorperate into my own gardens and orchard.
So links with pictures, good drawings, or videos would be very much appreciated!
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Just go to the site listed below, they have really great set ups...I also like the idea of orchards kind of surrounding the garden, it sounds great to me....
My mom just made a bunch of raised beds, and we are going to have a sort of 'island' of berries in on, then in the ones around it will mostly be used for vegtables (we go through more veggies then berries, but whatever is the perfect ratio for you if great!)
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pictures of gardn design ideas?
does any one know any sites that i can look at small back gardens, i love gardening and am always looking for inspiration-
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Here's some:
http://www.landscaping-ideas.net/landscaping-picture-idea.htmlBefore & After pictures:(click arrow to cont. gallery pictures)
http://www.landscaperi.com/gallery/base0.html
Slide presentation:(Pics will scroll at the bottom of page without having to click on anything else)
http://www.landscaperi.com/Landscaping design:
http://justgardeners.com/hrsc/articles/art_landscape-design.html (This site contains a gallery of forum users's own pics too.)
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=landscape+design&rs=2&fr2=xpl&_adv_prop=image&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&vf=This is in a landscape design competition:
Garden design winners
http://landliving.com/articles/0000000139.aspxBackyard Gardens:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=backyard+landscaping&rs=4&fr2=xpl&_adv_prop=image&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&vf=
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=backyard+landscaping+ideas&rs=0&_adv_prop=image&ei=UTF-8&fr=ush-ans&vf=
Good luck! Hope this helps.
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QUESTION:
What's the best way to design a perennial garden?
I have a large space - 26' - along the front of my house. I think I'm going to make the bed about 3 or 4' in width. What's the best way to lay out my garden? Should it be symmetrical or just bunched and more free (like a cottage garden)? I'm thinking of using Delphinium, Echinacea, Daylilies, Oriental Lilies, small shrub roses (2'x3') and then some small ornamental grasses and 2-4" border flowers in the front. I think I'm also going to put a weeping redbud on the left side. Do you have any ideas for how I should do this... I'm at a loss!!!-
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Whether you design a formal garden (symmetrical) or informal garden (cottage style) is up to you. However, here are a few thing to consider. Mass together perennials of the same type in groups of three or five. Try to have more than one group of each species through the bed. This will help avoid the "one of everything" look. As a general rule, taller perennials (as well as the ornamental grasses) work well towards the back. When they're not in bloom they'll serve as a backdrop for the small plants. Try to plan the perennial bed so that there is something in bloom in a few different areas of the garden from spring to fall.Good luck and have fun.
Here's an article I wrote for my site http://www.gardenlistings.com
http://www.gardenlistings.com/Perennials.htm
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