Expert tips on zoning your garden

Creating zoned spaces in your garden is a great way to ensure you're making the most out of the space you have. Gardener Jason Hodges provides some design hints on how to create zoned gardens for the whole family.

Entertaining Area
Before designing your entertaining area, give some thought as to how you will use it. Will you need a large dining table for entertaining family and friends or would a lounging area be more suitable? A well designed entertaining area should be multi-purpose and suitable for the whole family.

An entertainment zone will become the perfect space for bringing family and friends together will all the comforts of the indoors transplanted to the outdoors. If you are going to be entertaining regularly, choose a quality paver to set the scene for your space as it will be on display every time you have friends over. In addition to looking great, I suggest Euro Stone which is highly durable and your best bet for high use areas.

For the kids
Kids love having their own section of the garden and parents love keeping toys, trampolines and swing sets in one place. Section off a corner of the yard and make it child friendly. If the yard is not big enough to accommodate a play house, small tepees are a great alternative. Another fun idea for kids is building your own hopscotch area with large format pavers. Paint them in bright colours and allow grass to grow between them. It creates a fun activity for kids while doubling as a step stone path to connect your spaces.

Chill area
More and more people are building their own relaxation retreats particularly in larger country gardens where space is not an issue. By creating a relaxation area you have a place you can go to read a book, or just unwind whilst still being able to monitor your children’s whereabouts. It’s a holiday at home as you can theme the space to suit your style. Call on inspiration from holidays and the things that make you happy. Add outdoor lounge seating or a day bed and decorate the space using planter boxes from concrete blocks and finish with lantern lights which are very trendy at the moment.
Zoning the area available in a backyard, no matter the size, provides versatility and creates a sense of exploration and adventure through the use of multiple environments within a single area.

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