How To Make Your Small Garden Feel More Spacious

Wondering how to expand the parameters of your garden without adding an inch of land? 

By avoiding clutter, creating zones, and removing big trees, your garden will feel larger and more breathable.

Read on to discover how to turn your small garden into one fit for royalty.

Avoid Clutter

It’s a common mistake to fill a small garden with too many items. The reason is understandable, but it’s a failed attempt to maximize the space. It will make your garden look crowded, clumsy, and - ironically - smaller.

Only put exactly what you need in your garden. If you live alone, you don’t need more than two chairs outside. You can always bring more chairs outside on an ad hoc basis. If you have too many plants it can make navigating the space difficult.

It’s a tricky balance to strike, but the minimalist approach is definitely the best practice for designing a small garden to be more breathable.

Cut Down Big Trees

It may seem counterproductive to create a beautiful garden, but cutting down big trees is vital to creating a liveable space. It’s a useful way to open up your garden and make it a more inviting space. Large trees can overshadow small gardens and block sunlight from reaching every corner. 

Large trees also draw your focus when looking at the garden as a whole, which will prevent owners and their guests from noticing other pretty areas.

Tree Lopping Perth and other companies specialize in removing trees.

Paint Your Fence

Dark colors often create spaces that feel tighter and less spacious. Painting your fence a brighter shade will help to make your garden feel wider and more airy. It’ll remove the feeling that the boundaries of your garden are closing in. Despite this psychological reality, many people opt for dark brown fence paint where light colors would be more appropriate.

If you’re feeling super adventurous, painting your fence in shades that match the grass or sky can have the subconscious effect of making your garden feel infinite.

Soften Hard Edges

Chances are, you have a standard square or rectangular garden with hard edges. 

These hard edges can make homeowners feel claustrophobic by emphasizing the small nature of the space. Adding curves, such as on the top of fencing panels, will make your garden feel larger.

Create Garden Zones

Garden zoning is the act of splitting your garden into different spaces with distinct purposes. Gardens have multiple uses and through zoning, you can create a multi-purpose space.

Just like we use different rooms of the house for different reasons, gardens can be organized in the same way - creating separate spaces for relaxing, growing plants, and playing.

Putting a bench in one corner, under a tall plant with colorful flowers, will create a distinct area for relaxing with a book and a coffee. Another corner could house a vegetable patch for growing delicious foods. 

You can get creative with zoning, raising certain parts of your garden to create levels. Water features, stepping stones, and low fencing are great tools in helping to separate the zones.