While everyone wants a beautiful garden to be the part of ones landscape, the most common mistake committed is not deciding on your garden's design before you begin planting. If you take into consideration all aspects and begin the carful planning of your garden and what you would like to see in it, then chances are the end result is going to be the same you wished for.

If you are just starting out with the design of your garden, we would like to offer you some suggestions which will help you design the best. One of the suggestions is to decide whether you want to design the garden by yourself or would you like to talk to a professional gardener to get advice on how best to lay out your garden.

Before you start with the actual task, first of all you need to decide the location of your garden, so that you will know the light that your garden will receive. Plants, flowers and vegetables vary greatly in the amount of light that is required for them to succeed. In case, if your garden is going to be in the shade, make sure that items you include in your garden are able to grow under these conditions.

We suggest putting up a fence around your garden the day you start designing it. Doing this has several advantages. It helps to protect your garden from intruders who are apt to destroy or damage it. It also helps to set marked boundaries for the garden and help you ascertain where you want to plant. But besides the practical, fenced in gardens can look especially beautiful.