GARDEN GAINS

How you can make the most out of your outdoor space

Gardens give us space to relax outdoors. Studies have shown that gardens, and outdoor spaces, improve our mood and wellbeing, and a great garden can lift our spirits. We have seen this more than ever in recent years, as many of us have learned to appreciate the simple pleasure our gardens can give us.

Here are a few ideas on how you can make the most of your outdoor space, from Practicality Brown, experts in horticulture since the 1980s.

A SPACE TO DE-STRESS & RELAX

Spending time outdoors can help alleviate stress, as well as improving mental wellbeing and mood. A garden can bring all the benefits of spending time in nature into the comfort of your own home.

GARDEN THEMES & ROOMS

Dividing your garden into areas can really maximise the feel and use of your outdoor space; even relatively small gardens can be made to feel much larger. Using trees or hedges will help create garden rooms, whether you want to create a relaxed outdoor lounge area with sofas, rugs and lighting or a dining area sheltered from the elements.

SCREENING & PRIVACY

You can create privacy in your garden by planting mature hedging to give you instant screening. Buying pre-grown hedges, such as Practical Instant Hedge™, ensures that you have a solution to create a private, secure garden without waiting for small plants to grow into a hedge.

Use Of Colours

An evergreen hedge isn’t just one colour, these ready grown hedges come in many different varieties to suit your individual taste. If you like bright modern colours, then the apple green leaves of Griselinia could be your favourite. If shiny leaves, which look great in the sunshine, are more your thing, then take a look at Common Laurel. For classic elegance, nothing can really beat the traditional Yew. Or if subtle greys will give your garden the look it needs, Elaeagnus would be perfect. There are many more varieties of instant hedge that will help make your garden the perfect individual and personal space.

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