Creating an Extravagant Garden

To create the most extravagant gardens, the most extravagant garden furniture, plants, pathways and other things are needed. The hard part though, comes from not being OTT about it. That is why the garden features that I now talk about, will not necessarily go together but you’ll get the idea.

No extravagant garden will not start well without a great garden path to walk on. In this garden you could start with a path that captures your attention right from the beginning. Like this one that contains natural coloured swirls giving it the appearance of being subtle and naturally shaped at the same time.

On either side of the path the grass could be as wacky as you like. You could have one that is patterned cut into the shape of ‘gingham-esque’. This football field-like grass is the perfect contrast from the curly lines of the path against the straight lines of the grass.

The flowers that will be in the garden will be of a huge range of colours and species. They could be arranged around the edge of the grass and from above it will look like a giant frame enclosing the grass.

Your garden could contain a greenhouse that looks like a smaller version of the greenhouses at the Eden Project in Cornwall.

There are some exceptional and beautiful gardens around the world. This comes about because of the different types of flowers and trees that grow in different countries. Here are some examples of the types of flowers and trees that grow in different parts of the world.

The first example is of the flowers that surround Mt Fuji in Japan. These pink and well bloomed flowers are called the Phlox plant. There are 67 different species of this plant and most of them grow in snow capped tundra areas.  The flowers may be pale blue, violet, pink, bright red, or white. Many have strong fragrances. These kinds grow on the slopes of Mt Fuji, located on Hoshi Island and are the highest mountain in Japan. It is an inactive volcano that last blew its top on December 16^th 1707. This volcanic state gives way to huge plant growth, because volcanic soil is amongst the most fertile on earth.

Another extravagant garden that is in full bloom is a garden in Washington D.C in the USA. This flower is called the cherry blossom or ‘Sakura’. There are many Sakura trees in Washington D.C. Although they are mot native to the US they were brought over from Japan from the Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City in 1912. He donated them to Washington as a gift to help the growing friendship between the US and Japan.

  

The next flower I am going to talk about is the Sea Thrift Flower. The Sea Thrift is a common garden plant that can grow in soil with very high copper concentrations. It grows in coastal areas in Europe and South America. This plant grows very well in rock gardens.

Chatsworth House is a stately home in Britain which is well known for its extravagant gardens and flowers.  The garden attracts more than 300,000 visitors every year. It compromises of a complex blend of different features from six different centuries and covers 105 acres of land.

A garden feature that I think looks great in a garden with water is a Chinese or Japanese moon bridge. The moon bridge is a highly arched pedestrian bridge, which originated in China but was incorporated into Japanese culture. In formal gardens the moon design is placed so that it is reflected in still water.

I f you are wanting something very extravagant in your garden then check out this garden in Dubai for inspiration. In February 2013 for Valentine’s Day the world’s biggest flower garden opened. It is 72,000 square meters and it houses around 45 million flowers.

An interesting format to put on the ground of your garden is to mix two elements together. In this image, this garden has combined grass and paving slabs in a chessboard pattern. This technique creates an interesting concept with nature and man made styles in play.

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