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Small Garden Design Ideas – Lawns

Posted on June 4th, 2010

Beauty is in the detail and no more so when it comes to determining the size, shape and finish to a new small garden lawn. There are no hard or fast rules to what works best, in some cases a linear layout can be particularly interesting with a uniform layout and space efficient. However sweeping curves or circular layouts are also very popular. Although the curves can provide an eyecatching profile with variable widths to the perimeter planted areas, they can be slightly less space efficient than corresponding linear layouts. The variance although marginal is more than made up by a  probably a more distinctive layout.

In small gardens, design, finish and attention to details are all critical and which must also take account of ongoing maintenance requirements. In regard to lawns, there is no better way to provide a permanent lawn profile finish than a distinctive edge which is also a mowing edge than the sandstone sett/brick edging. In this instance we have used sandstone to compliment the sandstone patio area. The sett edge not onlys makes strimming unneccessary but perhaps more importantly defines the lawn and prevents any risk of the lawn and planted areas becoming blurred in time.

Roll turf  lawns provide the instant finished look and with the sweeping curves this small garden demonstrates how to realise the design potential.