Small Gardens
Design a Small Garden Without Overcrowding It
A practical method for prioritising uses, opening views and choosing a planting palette that lets a compact space breathe.
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Imagine.Grow better.
Clear methods for designing a garden, testing ideas in 3D and making durable choices that respond to the site.
A good garden begins by reading the site.
Build a coherent garden
Nine complementary paths, from the first sketch to everyday care.
01 · 19 articles
Garden Design
Shape coherent, comfortable spaces that respond to the site.02 · 17 articles3D Visualisation
Read, prepare and use plans before work begins.03 · 16 articlesPlanting & Seasons
Choose the right plants and act at the right time.04 · 15 articlesSustainable Gardens
Save water, protect soil and support biodiversity.05 · 14 articlesPatios & Outdoor Living
Create outdoor spaces that work from morning to evening.06 · 13 articlesSmall Gardens
Bring depth and purpose to compact plots.07 · 12 articlesSoil, Water & Lawns
Understand what is happening beneath the planting.08 · 11 articlesStructures & Boundaries
Pergolas, fences, paths and details that organise a garden.09 · 10 articlesPractical Maintenance
Simple routines that keep a garden healthy without exhausting it.UniVert3D
See the project before you dig
A useful visualisation tests proportions, levels, shade and circulation before money is committed to decisions that are difficult to reverse.
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Practical decisions explained without needless jargon.
3D Visualisation
Visualise a Garden in 3D Before Construction
3D is not only for producing an attractive image; it helps verify levels, proportions and costly decisions.
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Garden Design
Read the Site Before You Draw
A field guide to read the site before you draw: observing sun, water, wind and views over several days, followed by checks for the details that determine success.
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Garden Design
Design the Garden from the Windows
A field guide to design the garden from the windows: framing scenes from the rooms used most often, followed by checks for the details that determine success.
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Garden Design
Design Natural Garden Circulation
A field guide to design natural garden circulation: linking uses with direct, comfortable and properly sized routes, followed by checks for the details that determine success.
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Garden Design
Place a Focal Point Without Freezing the View
A field guide to place a focal point without freezing the view: drawing the eye while leaving several discoveries in sequence, followed by checks for the details that determine success.
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