often encounters some garden owners who have no idea about their garden and cannot tell what kind of garden they want, so they leave all the layout of the garden to the designer to help them think. Is
a good practice?
I think it is not very good. It is a bit like giving the arrangement of your own home to others to decorate, rather than decorating according to your own ideas and needs. The home you are decorating in the end is definitely not suitable for you.
As the saying goes, whether the shoes fit your feet must be tried and worn by yourself before you know.
The same is true. Whether the garden is good or not must be based on your own actual needs. After all, the garden is made for yourself, not others!
What is its own actual requirement?
To put it bluntly, our own needs are what kind of garden we want, what kind of life scene we want in the garden, don’t have to be too specific, just have a general idea.
For example, some people like to raise fish, appreciate fish, and want a garden with ornamental fish pond;
For example, some people like to grow flowers, and want a garden full of flowers;
For example, some people like to eat barbecue and have an outdoor kitchen that can be grilled;
For example, some people like to grow vegetables, and want a garden space that can grow vegetables;
For example, some people want a quiet and secret outdoor space;
For example, some people want an outdoor space suitable for family and friends gatherings;
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These are some concrete or abstract ideas. These ideas are our own needs. We can have many ideas. As long as the garden has enough space, the designer can help us realize it.
If we really don’t know what our needs are?
We can use some imagination to imagine what we and our family want to do in the garden after the garden is repaired. For example, father likes to drink tea, reading books and listening to music in the garden, mother likes to grow flowers and food in the garden, children like to run happily in the garden, and the elderly like to walk and exercise in the garden, and grow vegetables, etc.
These are human nature and practical needs. When building a garden, we must try to consider these needs, so that the garden we make is more in line with the needs of ourselves and our family.
These requirements are some ideas based on our own needs when we use the space in the garden. Everyone has many ideas, and the space in the garden is limited. Some ideas can be realized in the garden, and some ideas may be separated from the actual situation of the garden. At this time, we need to filter these ideas based on the actual situation of the garden, select those practical ideas, and then put them into practice, and create a garden that meets our own actual needs!
Therefore, I think that building a garden must focus on your own actual needs, not on other people's, such as the designer's ideas and the opinions of friends and neighbors. After all, the garden is used by yourself and your family, not others. Your own garden only needs to be done according to your own and your family's ideas and needs!
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