Your garden is the entryway to your home. Not only can they give you fresh fruits, flowers, and vegetables for your home, but they also beautify the space. A clutter-free, colorful garden can help relieve stress and become a quiet place for reflection. No matter the size of the yard, it’s only natural to want to beautify the space and get the most out of it. Here are 5 tips to decorate your garden:

Add flowering plants
Flowering plants can add a lot of color to your garden. They break up the green patches and give the garden focal points. They also attract pollinators like butterflies and bees to naturally pollinate your yard. Consider planting flowering plants in your garden and assorting them by color to give your yard a well-organized look. Add yellows and oranges with plants like orange marigolds, yellow capsicums, calendula, cosmos, and nasturtiums, purple with beetroot, lavender, violet, purple basil, rainbow chard, and petunia, and blue, white, and gray with sage, alyssum, cabbages, cauliflowers, leeks, and other plants.

Make your yard look larger
To make a small yard appear bigger, use horizontal layers of different heights to add the illusion of depth. For example, planting low shrubs before a slightly higher fence and taller shrubs near the house can add dimension to your garden and make it look much bigger.

Tidy your garden
Remove the weeds regularly and control the growth of plants that may compete with your planted varieties for nutrition. These weeds can be used to make compost to keep your garden healthy. Another way to add to the beauty of the garden and prevent the growth of unwanted plants is by adding some decorative mulch.

Add a feature piece
Your garden can seem more fascinating and appealing by adding a focal point, such as a tree, that draws attention. Outdoor art, such as unique pots, furniture, wall-mounted frames, or other things, or edible art, such as a food garden with herbs that serve several uses in your garden, also adds essence to the garden. Adding furniture like a table and some chairs will serve the dual function of making the space more welcoming and giving you added space to host visitors in your home.

De-clutter the space
Overcrowding your garden can make it hard to enjoy it. Try to balance your garden between the hard surfaces and your selected plants. One way to do this is by using one or two materials that make for a more planned garden area. You can also consider growing some plants inside the house or around your porch (depending on the sunlight they need) to balance the inside of your home with your garden.

You will notice many of these hacks in practice in gardens around you. Take a minute to slow down and check what appeals to you the most, to design a truly built garden to captivate your senses.