Designing – or redesigning – your outdoor space can be a fun and creative process, but can also be overwhelming. Make things that bit easier by firstly exploring your garden landscaping possibilities.

When planning what garden ideas you wish to explore, you’ll find that garden landscaping is at the heart of most – of not all – of them. By understanding the best ways to approach this, the less fuss you’ll have in creating your dream space.

Garden landscaping ideas

Do you wish you had somewhere to sit, relax, entertain or let the children play? Maybe you are just a little bored and want a garden design that is more colourful, varied or maintenance friendly.

Garden landscaping is the ideal way to craft an attractive space to grow plants that give you a beautiful environment and design a practical layout that allows you to use your garden how you want.

1. Plant at varying levels

Keep things interesting no matter where your eye is directed by experimenting with different planting. Think in-ground flower beds cut into grass or tiled areas, pots filled with plants, climbers up walls and taller trees. This form of garden landscaping is also useful is helping to zone your space as you can use plants to create different areas.

2. Mix materials

Even the most supposedly simple elements of garden landscaping can be used to create interest. for example, can be much more dynamic than you might think. Allow one path material – such as wood, to seem to organically transition into another, such as stones or gravel.

3. Work with different levels

While you can of course use garden landscaping to level out your space, it’s sometimes just as interesting to work with what you have. If your house is higher than your garden then you’ve got a perfect spot for decking ideas or an outdoor dining space. It can seem jarring to have a large gap between the hard landscaping and the lawn below. Soften this by creating full and dynamic beds for year round color and depth.

4. Incorporate in-built seating

When landscaping your garden, really consider your needs. If you love to entertain, then make sure you build in seating to your walls or raised beds. It’s cheaper than doing it later on, and you won’t have to worry about how to choose outdoor furniture. If you’re short on space, create versions which have integrated, waterproof storage to tuck away your outdoor cushions and seat pads.