North Facing Backyard Garden
South facing gardens have the advantage of all the sunshine and therefore tend to be more sought after.
North facing backyard garden. Garden rows when you are ready to add plants to your vegetable. Growing 6 to 10 feet high flowering quince is a dense rounded shrub with spiny stems. The sun spends much of the year too far south to give a north facing landscape much direct light limiting the plant choices the gardener has. Jun 10 2020 explore steve r s board small north facing garden on pinterest.
Garden type is the art and process of developing and designing plans for prepare for style and design and planting of gardens and landscapes. However choosing a home with a north facing garden no longer means having to compromise a beautifully lush outdoor space. Jan 12 2019 explore rosemary tingle s board north facing garden on pinterest. Flowering quince is incredibly easy to grow tolerating almost any soil.
See more ideas about small garden design garden design backyard landscaping. Well rounded gardens generally include at least one flowering shrub or small tree and there s no reason you can t also include one in garden spaces found along north facing walls. With a two storey unit block next door privacy was a major concern for the owners of this sydney home when planning an entertainment zone in their 6x3m south facing courtyard. The low light can also make the garden feel gloomy.
While it s true that it may help the property appeal to more people compared to say a north facing garden it doesn t necessarily push up the value of the house. See more ideas about garden design backyard landscaping backyard. Mini garden ideas small garden designs. Surrounding homes buildings trees and shrubs cast shadows over your garden for the majority of the day in a north facing garden.
The garden design is bold yet simple to make best use of the space says landscape architect sophie greive of think outside gardens a low planter provides an elevated bed for slender weavers bamboo. In the northern hemisphere north facing gardens suffer from low light and short seasons. North facing garden master gardener paul james dresses up his mother s north facing garden beds with hydrangeas heucheras ferns and other shade tolerant plants.