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The to be an oasis from the world outside, a haven that you can relax in. 3 starting points to get there.
1. Enclose the garden. With luck the city garden already has walls round it – they may well look ugly and depressing perfect now, but that is going to alter. If the garden doesn\'t have walls, put up some sort of boundary fencing between it and the neighbours. Panel fencing is fairly affordable and painless to put up. A featherboard fence will last longer and require much less maintenance but takes more time and skill to erect. Once you have your boundary wall or fence, turn it green. Do this either by growing clematis, honeysuckles and climbing roses up it, which will be lovely in the summer, but much less fascinating in winter, or by having a line of modest This will also stop any challenges with roots going via into neighbouring gardens.
2. Pave the . Lay stone slabs down in sand to make a paved surface. Otherwise, in a little space you will have a mudbath in winter and a scorched area in summer. Leave a good yard round the outside of the paved region, filled with gravel to permit drainage from the slabs. The much better good quality slabs you can afford, the superior the end result. If you can only afford concrete, have a gravel garden instead and grow herbs which will self-seed into it.
three. Round the outside of the paved region grow a selection of perennial flowers and modest bushes in front of the trees or climbers. Grow your plants in containers, not plastic if you can steer clear of it. Unglazed clay pots are lovely but will crack in freezing conditions, so go for wooden tubs, stone troughs or glazed pots. The container approach enables you to move plants around and – valuable in a little space. If you want a garden that will require quite small care, grow rosemary, bay, sage and lavender, all of which grow into excellent sized bushes and keep their leaves and colour throughout the year with out any attention, apart from a little protection for the bay from frost.
