Creating Small outdoor Spaces for Gardens

Assessing the space shows how to transform a small north-facing courtyard into a lush oasis with seasonally changed planting and sustainable containers that suit a historic brick setting.

Plant containers for the courtyard using high-quality compost, drainage stones, and winter-hardy evergreen plants, with bulbs for spring color, and decorative gravel for protection.

Position containers in the courtyard to brighten a north-facing heritage building with winter-interest plants, using recycled dishes and terracotta feet for a sustainable, evolving display.

Light the plants in a small courtyard to transform a dull space into a bright, inviting area. The upgrade boosts ambiance and elicits visitor responses as you plan planting.

Construct a vertical step timber planter by forming staggered trough containers on a weather-resistant frame. Learn framing, pre-drilling, and using external screws for vegetables like carrots in a small space.

Build a vertical timber planter from three troughs, forming an A-frame for tiered planting in small spaces, with sun exposure and accessible height for carrots and greens.

master a compact four-by-four meter basement garden through a multi-view plan, timber planters, and a full shading planting scheme with ferns and seasonal color for a contemporary outdoor space.

Explore a very small south-facing front garden through a practical site appraisal, compass-based orientation, precise measurements, and photography to plan a window box and container planting.

Install two window and wall troughs in a tiny front garden, level with timber brackets, fill with plants and sphagnum moss, and finish with ivy, cornice, and winter fragrance.

Maximize tiny outdoor spaces with vertical planting using upcycled materials like wire mesh and repurposed shelves, creating wall-mounted planters and seasonally changing displays.

Discover how a tiny front garden becomes a functional, double impact green roof with a timber frame, accessible compartments, sun loving succulents, and a miniature landscape of stones and conifers.

Demonstrate inventive displays in tiny outdoor spaces using bonsai, evergreen and deciduous forms, hanging containers, and mesh planters to create texture, fragrance, and year-round interest.

Explore plant ideas for creating small outdoor spaces for gardens around a public utility building.

Continue developing your own ideas in design, building, making, and enhancing small outdoor spaces for gardens. Apply and refine these ideas as you move forward.