What style of garden do you want?

The best thing you can do before answering this question is to look in a lot of gardening magazines/books and visit different styles of gardens if you can. Rip out pictures (or make a copy) make photographs of what you like and put them in an organizer or make a collage.

Some styles to think about are:

• Contemporary gardens

• Rock gardens

• Cottage gardens

• Family gardens

• Wildlife gardens

• Water gardens

• Rose gardens

• Patio and Courtyard gardens

• Roof top and balcony gardens

• Vegetables and herb gardens

• Oriental garden

• Formal garden

• Secret garden

• Woodland garden