Do you have a wild garden? Maybe you’ve got a bit of a mini jungle out there? Either way, you love seeing so much nature outside, free to grow in its own way and attract as much wildlife as possible.
However, sometimes a wild garden can get a little too wild for our liking. The plants get all tangled up, the creatures come a bit too close to the back door (and even inside it!), and sometimes you can’t even make your way across the lawn thanks to how dense it is.
That’s where a few taming methods come in handy. The wild garden of your dreams is just around the corner – for now, cut a few things back and straighten up a little with these three ideas.
Make Animal Homes More Intricate
The more intricate the home is, the less you’re going to notice it – really! Fit a solitary bee hive into the rock garden and place an upside down plant pot next to the pond. If you’ve got a simple bird’s house nailed into the fence, hang it from a tree near the back of the garden instead.
Working wildlife homes into the overall design gives you a lot more to work with! And this really does make a difference to how wild your garden looks. You’re still cultivating wildlife, but their habitats are more private, less in view, and any animals using them to nest won’t have to come too close.
Lay a Sizeable Patio
A good sized patio is going to save your garden from getting taken over. Find yourself a local stone supplier, measure out at least a full dining table set’s worth of space, and then fix yourself a patio. You can even get it covered to make sure there’s always some shade to sit under, and you can fence it in with tall plants and half walls for a bit more privacy.
Just make sure, above all else, that the patio isn’t too small. If it’s only three or four stones long and a couple of stones wide, you’re going to regret not making it bigger! Indeed, you’ll barely have any space to yourself out there, and that’s not going to make you a happy gardener at all.
Plant at Different Levels
You don’t have to re-level the entire garden, but you do need to think about how big your plants are going to get one day. For example, if the seeds are going to bloom into flowers that are 2 or more metres tall, put them towards the outside of the garden. If they surround the rest of the garden like a perimeter, it won’t be hard to build inwards with plants of smaller sizes, creating a ripple effect from the outside in.
Not only is this pleasing to the eye, but it helps you to manoeuvre around the garden, as well as spot problems from the back door.
Got a wild garden? Don’t let it get messy!
