Step 2 of a garden design master plan. Fine-tuning
- Your outline plan should look pleasing to the eye on paper and should be checked on the ground before you implement any of it.
- Check by roughly marking out the design using hosepipes and canes, and then study the result from all angles, including from upstairs and downstairs windows.
- Check that your eyes are led from one feature to another so that you can take in the scene in a relaxed way, rather like viewing a painting.
- Adjust, adjust. If you find it difficult to walk through your planned garden with your eyes, then some adjustments are in order.
The problem may be that you have more than one focal point or that there's no link between different parts of the garden. Often a path provides the necessary link, but any continuous line, such as the edge of the lawn, may do the trick. Lawn edges can be adjusted as you go along, but you need to get the hard landscaping in the right place the first time to avoid too much sweat, blood and tears.
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