How can you/I make my garden more interesting without just making it brighter?
A. Loads of ways! • Texture – plants with leaves of different sizes or densities (see-through or solid). • Height – a flat garden is dull but add a tree or two or a pergola and some climbers or vertical accents. • Structure – the eye needs elements to rest on and to travel over and many gardens lack both. In terms of focal points and paths or a strong ground plan, structure provides both of these. • Changing views – areas that are revealed or hidden from different parts of the garden. • Movement and sound – either from flexible plants which move in the wind or from water. • Scent – a garden just isn’t the same without it. • Wildlife – Don’t forget -green is a colour too – the eye is more sensitive to shades of green than any other colour because there are so many. Some of the most effective gardens use only green.
