Clever Ideas For Small Gardens

Take your indoor ideas outside and turn your exterior space into a place to relax and entertain

- Nicky Phillips

Solo seat

A corner is all you need for a reading nook. A hanging bamboo chair keeps the floor and sightlines clear for a feeling of space. Highlight the area with clusters of pots that contain foliage at varying heights and scales.

Outdoor kitchen

Extend your kitchen capacity into the garden. Potting tables provide a slim, compact surface along one side of a patio for outside food prep.

Private bar

Create your own little entertaining zone with a clever pull down bar made from a couple of pallets and lengths of chain.

Double your space

An outdoor mirror will make your garden look bigger than it really is. Create your own using an old gate or some painted trellis mounted onto a piece of mirrored board.

Kids’ corner

Sacrifice a raised bed to create a section of deck with a giant blackboard and a covered sandpit for sunny-day play.

Gallery wall

In the same way that you would hang pictures indoors, create a display of frames and wall-hung planters on an outside wall, fence or shed.

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Solo seat