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    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact

    13.9KViews Modified: May 28, 2021 · Published: Apr 2, 2013
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    Are you yearning to get back outside to the garden and continue work on that ever-evolving plan you’ve envisioned all winter? Spring is definitely in the air when the sun decides to show itself and bulbs begin to bulge out of the ground and bloom their little heads off. Our annual show of cheerful, yellow daffodils and tulips is just days away.

    The foundational layout is key. Good bones, I call it. Start with the boundaries, walkways, major trees or shrubs already there (called hardscapes). Design online or draw a rough plan preferably on graph paper using a pencil and to scale so you can easily change things. “Live” with it a while in your mind. 

     

    Once you have the major attractions and plantings in place it is time to find the few extras that will give it signature style: that perfect latch for the gate, just the right garden bench, or an unusual use of rocks that enhance the overall feel of your garden.

    If you are like me, you have some ideas or one particular element you would like to implement, but it takes time to make a masterpiece. I get some of my best ideas from other gardeners, and here are a few of my favorites that may provide you inspiration for your home garden. 

    10 Garden Elements with Big Impact

    1. Perennial Bulbs that expand from year to year~

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. Daffodil buds, ready to bloom

    While a few well-placed objects are pleasing to the eye, I don’t want to be guilty of encouraging anyone to overdo it… for I believe that ‘less is more’.

     

    Eek! I can’t imagine the extra work it would take to keep this yard mowed. 

    Visit here if you need a good chuckle!

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. decorating yard with dwarves, junk

    2. Tiered stone tower~

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. handmade stone tower

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    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. stacked river rocks

     

    3. A well-placed trellis with annual vines~

    A strong rustic tripod of branches lashed together to resist the wind would be a less permanent element… Place it in a sheltered area where the wind won’t topple it. It is a lovely focal point for a colorful annual vine or two. It would be a focal point in a ‘secret garden’ area.

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. tripod with vines

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    …or a trellis of a more ‘permanent’ nature such as the perpetually-blooming Zephirine Drouhin rose clambering up and over the rustic structure. They would most certainly have added sturdy (metal) supports. My kind husband planted a Zephirine Drouhin rose for me last fall. It was what I chose for Mother’s Day, 2012. We hope to add an archway this year and train the rose to it.

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. roses on a rustic wooden trellis, climbing

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    4. Blue pottery planters~

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. blue porcelain pottery, containers, planters

    ~for easy-care cacti and grasses that need less water~

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. blue pottery, grasses and cactus, container gardening

     

    5. Special-use garden spaces~

    An enclosed, shaded outdoor room and conversation area~

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. wicker rockers, outdoor nook

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    …a strong urban or Old World element is a small cozy courtyard garden with brick walk, vines, fountain, and planters filled with flowers and shrubs~

    10 Garden Elements With Big Impact. courtyard, private

    …or a space that doubles as an outdoor room in your side yard, set apart by a picket fence~

    outdoor room, cozy conversation area

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    For some more outdoor rooms, go here.

     

    6. A garden swing or swing set~

    If I had my wish, every yard would have a swing in a tree~

    tree swing,

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    ~or one you can move~

    outdoor swing set

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    7. Fire pit for pleasure or emergency cooking~

     fire pit for cookouts or emergency

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    stone fire pit,with grate

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    8. Potting shed and watering can~

    garden potting shed

     
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    terra cotta garden pots, garden shed

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    garden potting shed, watering cans

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    9. Garden ground covers~

    From the violets that do well under trees as shown here, to ivy, and 32 more.

    groundcover, no mow lawn

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    10. Bird attractions in the garden~

    Red birdhouse on platform

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    Remember, you can start small. Don’t worry if things aren’t perfect right away…

    …and ’tis true…‘less is more’.

     

    “Half the interest of a garden is in the constant exercise of the imagination.” ~Mrs. C. W. Earle

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    1. Alice (@mumsmakelists)

      April 03, 2013 at 5:03 am

      Oh what lovely ideas – I so need to get out and do some weeding and planting but it is just so bitterly cold still. Even the flowers think so – I don’t have a single daffodil in flower yet!

      Reply
    2. Toni

      April 03, 2013 at 8:46 am

      Oh, those pictures are just beautiful and inspiring! I would love to build a cobblestone walkway. Have a great day!

      Reply
    3. Brandi

      April 03, 2013 at 3:05 pm

      Oh I LOVE that gate! My dream is to have a gate in my garden…..one of these days! Thanks for linking up at our Make Bake Create Party!

      Reply
    4. Penny Lane

      April 04, 2013 at 11:25 am

      First let me say thank you for your beautiful and inspiriting site. I just found this, and as a young mom of two little girls (3 and 1), I can always use more “Titus 2” women in my life!

      This post is great. I especially love the arch with roses on it. We live in Houston and have NO shade in our backyard. I wonder how they would do in our horribly hot climate.

      Reply
      • Jacqueline

        April 04, 2013 at 12:32 pm

        Penny,
        Welcome!
        Ask a specialist in your area about varieties that will tolerate black spot and mildew, etc. Also research the roses and many will tell about their strengths and weaknesses. Check out the David Austin line… Blessings, new friend!

        Reply
    5. momstheword

      April 04, 2013 at 2:34 pm

      Such beautiful gardens! I miss my garden but I don’t miss the work. I used to love to be outside weeding and tending to my flowers, but over the years I just got busyer inside and the outside suffered. Also, since I first injured my back a couple of years ago I realize that my days of a huge flower garden are over.

      However, I can still have flowers in pots and containers! Thanks so much for linking up to “Making Your Home Sing Monday” today! 🙂

      Reply
    6. Lori

      April 04, 2013 at 3:31 pm

      Beautiful things, as you point out in this post, don’t have to be expensive or elaborate. It’s the little touches that cause a garden to stand out as exceptional. You’ve inspired me and given me a lovely walk in beauty on this cold and rainy day. Blessings to you from Hungry for God; Starving for Time today!

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    7. daisy

      April 04, 2013 at 6:19 pm

      Such inspirational photos. Thank you for sharing. You’ve given me some great ideas!

      Reply
    8. Vickie

      May 16, 2013 at 12:42 pm

      Love these pictures. The gate and the rustic arbor are my favorites! I took a side trip at the gnome lawn and got a good laugh! Thank you! I found you on the Eat, Make, Grow blog hop.

      Reply
    9. Michael Christohper Hamilton

      August 29, 2021 at 3:41 pm

      Thank you for your inspiration. The over head rose arbor I plan on installing a similar one. The rustic look of the posts is beautiful, were each support post set in the soil and if so won’t they eventually rot?

      Reply
      • Jacqueline

        August 29, 2021 at 8:37 pm

        Hi, Michael,
        I would set them in concrete and not soil so as to allow them to drain. And rustic wood will at some time need to be replaced as it is just not the same as treated cedar.
        Enjoy! I am sure what you will do will be wonderful!
        Blessings,
        Jacque

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