All About You: Making A Garden of Your Own

By Carol Band

A garden is a place where you can relax, play, spend time with friends and spend time alone. A garden should reflect the personality and interest of its caretaker, whether that person is a child or an adult. Here are some ideas for customized gardens. But don’t limit yourself to these ideas. Use your imagination to create a garden that is as unique as you are.


Artistic


Do you like to draw, paint and do all kinds of art projects? Think of your garden as a blank canvas and plants as your paint. Plant a rainbow of color starting with red geraniums and orange marigolds and moving through the spectrum to blue bachelor buttons and purple petunias. Try planting a monochromatic garden using flowers that are varying shades of just one color. Hand-paint clay pots to coordinate with the plants and add accessories that reflect the theme of art. Let morning glories climb on an old wooden easel, place empty picture frames throughout the garden and paint rocks to make a colorful and artistic border.


Playful


If you don’t take life too seriously, you can express your fun-loving nature in your garden. Select plants that are bright, big and a little bit unexpected. Pick a sunny spot and sow some giant sunflowers; fill in the front of the bed with colorful zinnias and marigolds. Use a pair of old sneakers for planters or fill an old toy dump truck with dirt and seedlings. Scour your basement and your neighbor’s garbage for bicycle wheels or an old tricycle to use as a sculpture. Decorate your garden with colorful pinwheels and croquet balls. Don’t forget to leave a space where you can dig and make mud pies.


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