Planning a garden ‘in the round’
Using a circle shape in garden design
There’s a pleasing sensation when viewing a circular garden. A circle transforms a part of your garden into an amazing space if you know a few of the tricks professional garden designers use Here’s how to put the shape to best use.
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Herb Circle can be very small and easy to accomplish with 42 pavers
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Chris Wilson-Wright’s circle garden around a tree
The plants are contained a bit in a circle and it’s fun to find a place to fit a circle into your garden.
How to
All you do is take a short wooden stake and a string. Pound the stake into the center point where you want your Circle.
Then tie a stick or another stake to the loose end. Pull the string tight and mark on the ground all around the circle. You may be surprised at the shape! Fun!
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Circle motif plan for a veggie garden
Another way is to use a hose to mark out a circle or oval. This one around a tree. Sections for onions, spinach, leeks and other vegetables are encircled with small crescent-shaped edgers.
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Circle garden plan to go by…make a wish list of plants
Parterre gardens are wonderful in a circle shape. Plant low growers that like trimming. Plant both annuals, perennials and low-growing herbs and shrubs, like thyme, germander, boxwood, santolina and colorful flowers like lavender, lamb’s ear and sage.
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Debbie Fogal’s circle garden set with a center statue
Circle gardens are well-suited for a centerpiece, a birdbath, statue or brick plant stand.
Di-Ellen’s circle garden edged in rock
Edge the circle with natural stone or rock, edger stones, bricks or pavers.
Garden Gossip’s circle of flowers in a gravel patio
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Great use of rock edgers around this informal circular flower bed.
Circle-shaped hardscape
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Circle motif for a back garden patio
Circle of gravel is the base for my sitting area
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Toni Visconti created a small circle raised bed for her Black eyed Susans
Cindee Wisniewsk’s huge miniature garden
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More simple circle motifs to use as accents
Marilyn Miller edged her circle garden bed with wall block
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Terry Rarrick ‘Around my garden beds’
Thom Ciulla planned a small circle garden near his mixed border, centered with a bird bath
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Jekka McVicar designed this Modern Apothecary garden
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Thank you for these beautiful examples of round gardens. I am certainly ready to get outside and start digging in the dirt. I enjoy getting these e-mails as well as Fb.
Thanks so much for the post.Really thank you! Great.
I am not at all artistic cannot even draw a good stick person. ? But I do have a garden journal. I used a 3 ring binder and plastic page protectors. On a sheet of notebook paper, I tape the tag (and receipt) from the plant. I then write the name at the top and list all the information about the plant, including where it" planted, water, light, & other needs. When to prune and the date. And anything thing else I think I might want to remember. It"s not fancy or even very pretty, but it works well. Oh, I also named my different garden areas to easily identify where I planted things. I have a patio garden, herb garden, pool garden, flower garden, woodland garden and retreat garden.
I'm moving my spiral herb garden this spring to a new location and am looking forward to making it
even better than my 1st attempt. Thanks for the inspiration of how pretty it can be as well as functional.
I think I'll repeat the circular pattern across the yard in another area as well.
Artfido, you are my hero! I keep trying to get that done, but to no avail. That would be a great class you could do, maybe at your local garden group. Great job!