EXPLOIT THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR SMALL PLOT

• Grow up with a trellis or free-standing pole to support climbing plants.

• Hanging plants fill the air but don’t take up ground space.

• Ditch the lawn and plant groundcovers.

• Use pots that don’t take up much room, such as tall, skinny, oval or rectangular pots.

• If you love a large container, put in a variety of plants to make a mini plot and avoid the messy clutter of a multitude of pots.

• Use columnar plants so you have height without width – and privacy!

• Use compact plants with oomph from either their flowers or foliage.

• Keep your colour palette simple – small spaces can’t cope with a colour cacophony.

• Add a water feature, making use of a bowl, barrel or cauldron.

• Buy furniture you can readily fold up if you need more room.

• Create extra seating by putting cushions on garden bed walls.