The Plotting Shed

How do you work out what type of garden you need or want and what does having a contemporary garden really mean? Are you choosing style of garden you have by basing your decision on a  misconception?

What is a contemporary garden anyway!

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Making the most of your garden is not about packing lots of interest into a garden.  Adding 'designer features' or finishing touches won't make the best use of the small space. WHY; well its all about knowing which parts of the garden are useful and which aren't. The useful areas are for you to occupy, the unused parts host everything else. If you only fill those areas of the garden YOU would never utilise - the usable space is automatically maximised ...

How to maximise space in a small garden

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Garden sizes have been shrinking over the decades and many gardens are now not much bigger than a large room! The problem is we still occupy the same amount of space; it just feel we are being squeezed into a small garden! How to solve the problem of making a garden appear larger and feel bigger than it is - simply affordably and without being a garden design expert.

How to make a garden feel bigger

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How to Design a Garden around problems you can't change!  Garden design would be SO much easier if gardens didn't throw curveballs in the mix! So what methods can you use to create a well designed garden when you can't solve certain problems like a really awkward shapes, concrete paths, boring sheds, or overbearing trees.  At PlantPlots we try to find ways that make gardening easier for everyone. Visit our website today - you won't find another gardening site quite like ours!


PlantPlots - making gardening easier; all you need is a garden!

Take a look at our brilliant design book too: I Want to Like my Garden by Rachel McCartain. 

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The Plotting Shed kicks off the 2021 season with a podcast on the theory of garden design. But because Rachel always aims to make gardening and garden design as easy as possible. This podcast will not bamboozle you with designer speak! - If words like form, function, balance and proportion leave you scratching your head- then listen in.  Rachel will help you work out what design means so you can walk outside in your own garden and work out what you need to do to make your garden better.

PlantPlots - making gardening easier; you just need a garden!

Take a look at our brilliant design book too: I Want to Like my Garden by Rachel McCartain. 

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Part 2 of a 2 part podcast detailing the steps you can take to un-muddle your garden.  Over time many gardens evolve and morph away from the original layout and design, so what easy steps can you take to bring order and gorgeousness back!

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Part 1 of a 2 part podcast detailing the steps you can take to un-muddle your garden.  Over time many gardens evolve and morph away from the original layout and design, so what easy steps can you take to bring order and gorgeousness back!

Read the post associated with this podcast

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Formal Gardens, what are they and how to create  fabulous formal designs in small back gardens.

 Good garden design is all about making your garden a place YOU ENJOY being in. And the great thing is - it doesn't have to be expensive either. For more simple practical affordable garden design ideas visit plantplots.com. 

We really do make gardening easier

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There are 3 basic elements when designing a garden border.  View the designs from the podcast
What makes it stand out from it's surroundings
Concentrating on the off season more than the summer flowering and
Joining the borders of the garden together using similar but not identical elements.

Create a garden that is full of life. Download our free garden border planting plan that attracts lots of bees and butterflies. Buy our amazing garden design book so you can create the most fabulous garden that's good for you and good for the planet

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and how to ensure the garden is not only a functional usable space but is also a well designed and attractive place to be in too as well.

In this episode Rachel discusses the transformation of a small suburban garden, that needed access to the shed but that needed to provide a welcome escape from the hustles and bustles of modern life.

See the transformation

Read her amazing book  'I Want to Like my Garden'  (available in eBook and paperback) 

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