Structure in a garden is absolutely essential and without it your garden will become a completely blank canvas in the winter.  When people think of what needs to be in their gardens they will think of plants that flower – often perennials and maybe some shrubs.  Perennials look amazing when they are at their peak, but only few offer any 'structure' beyond this time.

So, while you may be happy with your garden in the summer, if in winter you are thinking there's definitely room for improvement, it could be time to get the 'structure' right.  

Structure in your garden is like the skeleton in a body, it helps to create a framework in the garden when the summer planting has gone.  It creates shapes, outlines and, simply, something to look at. It doesn't matter if your garden is small or large, without structure it will look boring and uninteresting.

So what is structure?  Basically it's where designers begin bringing their design to life.  Structure can be added in many ways:

• Trees and shrubs – both evergreen and deciduous
• Raised hard landscaping features, eg pergolas
• Paths and steps
• Hedges, fencing and screening
• Raised water features
• Garden furniture
• Garden ornaments and sculptures

Structure can also be practical by providing support to some of the garden's perennial planting and can screen areas of the garden that you don't want to be seen, the compost area for example.​ Structure needs to be proportional to all that it relates. That doesn't necessarily mean that in a small garden everything should be small.  Designers understand the relational link between sizes that often makes their garden designs stand out.  So, experiment in your own garden, as much as you are able to, with some kind of 'template' for the same size as the mass of the feature to see how it relates to the space.  If this is difficult, always measure the heights and widths of features and check those measurements in your actual garden. ​

Alternatively contact us and we can discuss what assistance we could be to creating a better garden for you.

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