Step 1: Let Yourself Dream
Here’s a little exercise to help you decide on the kind of activities you want to use your garden for and the different spaces you need. You’re not designing the garden yet, just describing what you envision yourself using it for and listing the space appropriate for that activity. We have listing examples on the side that you can use as a guideline.
| Our Example | Yours | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Activity | Space | Activity | Space |
| A reading nook/Somewhere to read | -A recliner-Swing chair-Hammock | ||
| BBQ with friends or family | -Built-in BBQ stand-Tiled BBQ area for a portable stand | ||
| Growing vegetables | -a tiny greenhouse | ||
| Outside lunches, brunches, dinners | -an outside dining table-a picnic table-a seating area | ||
| Conversations around a fire pit | -outside seats-a fireplace | ||
| Playing games (for the children), ball games, jumping, water games | -sand pit-swing sets -lawn-trampoline with protective netting | ||
| Appreciating beauty/flowers | -a flower centrepiece-dedicated corners |