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| In a smaller garden, one of the following could be a better bet: |
Mixed borders
Have a permanent backbone of shrubs, among which are planted perennials, bulbs and bedding plants. Pick your plants carefully and you’ll get a changing display all year round. | 
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Cottage garden
An informal style: beds/borders filled with self-seeding annuals and perennials that live happily without much attention. It’s also a style where vegetables and ornamentals grow well together. | 
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Prairie garden
This is a recent fashion that does away with lawns and beds. Instead, paths of bark or gravel wind through a dense carpet of low-maintenance perennials, through which pop occasional clumps of taller ornamental grasses and perennials. |
 | Take a break. Try our attribute quiz to see which style of garden might suit you. |
 | Find a list of suggested plant types for any style of garden here.
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