Make better use of your space by thinking in 3D.
Height is an obvious area for development of a more intensely 3D garden but depth can be developed by planting blues at the back as they make distances recede.
Root vegetables, roof gardens, living walls and other developments are pushing the boundaries (Oh yes pinching some garden from someone’s boundary is a new dimension). Stop this silliness Ed.

Vertical Dimension Ideas

• Obelisks, pergolas, arbours, arches even simple wigwams can provide a structure for climbers and scramblers.
• Cloth eyesores with some trellis or strong wires followed by plants.
• Grow more cordons and standards for fruit, Roses even Fucshias.
• Use hedges for Trapoleum speciosum (shown above) with it’s showy, fiery red flowers and prominent spur. Even conifers can act as hosts.
• Hang potted plants from tree branches

Dry Stone Wall Gardens

Rock plants and alpines are quite at home in the crevices between rocks in a wall.

Roof Gardens

Roof Gardens do not need to have been constructed with layers of soil on top of a membrane. A range of pots and containers will be lighter, effective and easier to water. Some trailing plants near the edge may be interesting to break the roof or sky line.

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