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Small Garden Ideas

Planting in decorative pots and planters can really help get the most from a small garden. The pots prevent the plants from growing too large and they can be easily moved around - great if the sun moves around your garden through the day.

Container plants are also ideal for rented property as there's no need to dig up the garden to take them with you when you move :o)

There are also optical illusions to make a small garden feel bigger and Greenfingers have some ingenious mirrors that can look like a window or even a gate for a more spacious feel!

For more ideas for small gardens, check out the advice and lovely photos from our members on this page and feel to join and ask your question if you have specific needs.


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    Terratoonie
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    Thorneyside
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We have 293 photos of small garden ideas

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 16 at a time.

  • Houseleeks ..like a mosaic...Lol.
    Terratoonie
  • My front garden in springtime.
    Terratoonie
  • My front garden today -  20th April.2010.
    Terratoonie
  • Under my garden arch
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  • My front garden today.
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  • Crocus, Iris and Pansy.
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  • Back garden heathers ~ early March 2011
    Terratoonie
  • Tulip  CARNAVAL de NICE
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Gardeners' thoughts

Recycled wheelbarrow - turned it in to a bog garden

The frame rusted off my wheelbarrow so as I had a Bressingham Blue Hosta and Polystichum polyblepharum (Japanese tassel fern)...

18 comments

drc726

20 Jul, 2018
Drc726

The darling blooms of May

A mix around my garden

38 comments

thrupennybit

12 May, 2018
Thrupennybit

My postage stamp garden

This is the first year of gardening here. We moved back in November 2015. Tiny garden with not much in the way of flower...

12 comments

cammomile

1 Aug, 2016
Cammomile

Bits and Bobs :o)

It's been a dry day so I've been tidying one of my Perspex shelters. I put all my Auriculas and Alpines in there. There were...

22 comments

hywel

4 Feb, 2016
Hywel

A Tale of Survival

This is a tale of the life of a more than half-dead seedling to a beautiful work of living art. (well I think so). The star...

6 comments

stjohntongue

23 Jan, 2016
Stjohntongue

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Questions & advice on small garden ideas

If you can't find the answer to your gardening question here, feel free to ask our friendly community. Just ask in the form on this page


My new garden is small

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odaatpat

14 Feb, 2014
Odaatpat

I have a very small garden

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gerry555

10 Dec, 2010
Gerry555

Hello everyone

3 replies

edpires021062

20 Dec, 2009
Edpires021062

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