Spaces
This page gives some useful tips on how to use the spaces you have available. You can use these to really make your garden space unique to you and work for your home. There's no right or wrong. You can have some creative freedom here to help make your space shine!
Open Aspect
Openness
Narrow space between tall boundaries
Dominated by lawn or hard landscaping
Low vegetation
Longer views
Connection to the sky
Feel open
Balanced Approach
Path is on the side giving a corridor effect
Views under the canopy allowing for intimate places to be created
Same
Enclosed Feeling
Intimacy
Filled with vegetation of different heights
Darker and more enclosed with no views to the sides
Path is a corridor through the center
Can lead to different parts of the yard
It's divided by designated areas
Primary Routes
Main Path
Main route links the different areas
Determines the design
Uses a focal point
Need materials that are durable and complementary
Central is formal, geometric and symmetrical shapes, framing areas, focal point, no deviation
Winding is snake through, movement, intrigue, join key elements, provide surprises
Diagonal is the yard is viewed on longer axis, illusion of more space, depth, drawing eye
Circular takes on a journey, alternate views of key features
Secondary Routes
Side Paths
Less intrusive and subtly incorporated
Practical and ornamental
Occasional access
Lead off main path on journey to a concealed corner
Cut through large areas
Can use softer, organic materials for pathway
Secret path leading to concealed area
