How To Create A Soothing Refuge From Your Garden

For people who look after their garden, the garden offers a peaceful refuge

. It is a place to go for a bit of peace and quiet. Somewhere, where you can go to have a quite cup of coffee and read a magazine or the newspaper. However, it is not undemanding to bring about this ambiance of serenity. You have to work on the flowers and the weeds and you have to keep everything tidy.

However, there are other things that you can do to. Grass is therapeutic, but you have to trim it regularly and some individuals cannot find the time, so they concrete over it or make a patio or deck. These are viable solutions for small gardens, but a large expanse of concrete looks harsh.

Building a fish pond is nicer to concreting the whole garden over. A fish pond brings the soothing sounds of moving water as the cleansed water returns from the filter to the pond. A fountain improves this sound and helps oxygenate the water which in turn will give a boost to the fish. Many people find that watching happy fish in a clean pond is relaxing.

Garden ornaments are another way of creating fascinating focal points in your garden. Statues of maidens, monks and nymphs are popular. Some of them circulate water, some do not. An arbour is a lovely place to sit when the sun's rays are strong. A small bench inside an arbour of roses or wisteria, looks and smells heavenly.

A simple and relatively cheap method of providing garden ornaments is the deployment of stones and it is usually overlooked by gardeners. They fit in well with any type of green garden, because stones and rocks are natural items.

Clearly, there are many kinds of stones and rocks and so they can be put to various different uses. Large riven slabs of stone can be used to lay a path or a patio. Smaller slabs can be used to make a stepping stone path to, say, the shed or the washing line.

A boulder could be used in place of a statue. They look great poking out from behind bushes or at the end of a tunnel of over-hanging trees or bushes. Smaller stones can be used to demarcate the borders of your flower beds and rocks can be used to create a specific environment for plants that like harsh, rocky conditions. In effect, a rock garden.

Japanese gardens make a great deal of use of stones. Stones look good in running water if the the gardener has or can create a small brook. Stones also come in different colours naturally. Painting stones is nearly always a big error. A large chunk of coal looks good, but make certain that it has been carefully washed before children get near it. Rocks with fossils in them are especially attractive as features.

Once you have all the soothing features you need in your refuge garden, think about lighting for them. Landscape lighting allows you to show off your garden literally in its best light and it lengthens the time that you can take pleasure from your hard work by a number of hours a day.

by: Owen Jones

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