Various Types Of Creative Gardens Made By Specialist Gardeners

Gardening is a hobby for many people all over the world. Some are amateur gardeners who know the basics of gardening but are not well versed with finer aspects of gardening. However, there are specialist gardeners also who either train themselves to create unique kinds of gardens due to pure passion or are professionals who earn their living through gardening. Either way, the labors of specialist gardeners have given rise to a number of unique types of gardens favored by gardening enthusiasts all over the world.

Some of the best creations of specialist gardeners have been discussed here.

Gardeners

• Raised Bed Gardens

This type of garden features raised beds made of wood, bricks or timber filled with soil. Thus, the soil is at a higher level than the ground. A plethora of plants of various types are grown in the raised beds. As a result, there are diverse varieties of plant life in the garden. Raised bed garden not only protects the plants against insects, weeds, and pests but also enables better drainage and makes watering much easy. Professional gardeners can be hired for creating raised bed gardens.

• Container Garden

Container garden uses less area and is popular among gardeners who do not have much space at their disposal. Container gardening means growing plants and flowers in pots, wheelbarrows or planters. They occupy less space and can be placed on balconies or patios. A container garden is a good way of making even small spaces beautiful and indulging the passion of gardening even in a limited space.

• Xeriscape Garden

Xeriscape garden is an invention of gardeners wanting to build drought-resistant gardens. Xeriscape garden features drought-resistant plants which conserve water. These include cacti, succulents and other drought-resistant shrubs, grasses, and trees.

• Rose Garden

Rose gardens are favorites of gardeners who have a passion for growing roses. Growing and tending roses is not the same as in a conventional flower garden. Special methods and skills are required to maintain rose gardens and gardeners wanting to grow rose gardens must have adequate knowledge of rose gardening.

• Butterfly Garden

Gardeners wanting beautiful and colorful butterflies to invade their gardens create special butterfly gardens. They simply grow some selected plants which attract butterflies more than others. The common plants used to make butterfly gardens are chrysanthemums, aster, zinnia, butterfly bush, fennel and others. The butterflies not only make the garden more cheerful but also help in a cross-pollination of the plants present in the garden.

Gardeners

• Woodland Gardens

Woodland plants surrounded by wildflowers make up a woodland garden. The species of plants and flowers can be of native varieties. The garden is also designed to imitate the natural habitat of the plants and the flowers. Prairie garden is also a type of woodland garden. This type of garden has a variety of native grasses along with native plants and wildflowers.

There are a number of gardening tools which must be possessed by a gardener. A professional gardener always has these tools in the toolkit and gardening shed.

• Secateur is used for pruning or cutting stems from plants. It is essential for pruning and taking cuttings of plants.
• Hori Hori Knife is used to dig holes for putting bulbs or plants, remove weeds from the soil, cut roots, remove plants from pots and other similar purposes. The blade of the knife is concave with one sharp edge and other serrated edges.
• Loppers are used to cut thicker branches which cannot be cut by secateurs. The size of the handle of a lopper can be 15-32 inches longer than a secateur.
• A hand trowel is used for planting bulbs and transplanting seedlings.

Other essential tools include wheelbarrow, spade, garden hoe, rake, watering can and much more.