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Family garden - blank canvas - square lawn

lilliputlilliput Posts: 9
in Problem solving
Hello, I wondered if anyone has ideas for me for the garden design of our square garden (17 metres square) that leaves a good amount of turf in the middle for children. I would like to create some new beds and have my plant list all ready but where to dig the beds is stopping me from getting going! I attach a sketch of the garden. It is north-east facing but large enough to get the sun down the right hand side most of the day. The gravel path up the left hand side and the hedge in the top right hand corner are the only things in it currently. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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  • rachelQrtJHBjbrachelQrtJHBjb Posts: 819
    Hello, I can't do a drawing but the pictures in this blog - especially the early images - may help. I think the square design titled complement or contrast could be effective and relatively easy to executehttps://www.gardenlifelogcabins.co.uk/blog/square-garden-design/
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I would go for a circular lawn or at least a curved edge one tied to that bottom left corner near the house.  This would give plenty of room for play and a space in the top right corner for a seating/dining area in the sunniest corner with plenty of room for plants for colour, form, variations in height, texture and seasonal interest in the rest of the space thus created.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • lilliputlilliput Posts: 9
    Thank you @rachelQrtJHBjb I will have a look at the article now.

    Thank you @Obelixx - do you have an idea in mind when you say "at least a curved edge tied to that bottom left corner"? I have drawn a circle on my plan. The bottom left corner is in the shade all day but I am happy to plant there too - just need to choose carefully. I would like bed(s) in the sun as well for lots of perennials and some shrubs. Thank you for your help.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    That's the kind of thing but I would shrink by about 2m diametre and keep it bottom left.   That would make more space top right for a sunny seating area either on paving slabs or a gravelled area, depending on budget and taste.   Plants all round to add height, perfume, colour - bulbs, perennials and shrubs and maybe a climber or 3 on fences and trellis.

    Up to you whether the bottom left corner is grassed or planted with shade lovers.  You could put trellis panels on both sides of that corner and grow some clematis that can cope with northerly and easterly aspects and there are one or two climbing roses that like a shady spot. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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