Hazel White is the author of a series of how-to books on garden design, including "Small Patios: Simple Projects, Contemporary Designs" (Chronicle Books), released this month.

This round-up of garden ideas will help inspire you to create a wonderful retreat in your backyard. Garden ideas can cover everything from quick improvements, such as new containers packed with blooms ...

In small gardens everything is seen at once, so too much variety is overwhelming. When you find a plant you like, plant more than one or two — use 6, or 8, or even 10.

You can grow quite a lot, even in a small area, as the charity’s 1m x 1m vegetable bed in the show garden proved. To replicate this at home, you could use second hand scaffold boards or railway ...

The first step in designing your vegetable garden ideas is to choose the vegetables that you want to grow. This will guide you in your design and the style of your vegetable garden.

A Hanging Chair Provides A Solitary Reading Nook Hang a simple egg chair in a quiet corner of your garden for a cozy spot to curl up with a favorite book. This type of hanging chair offers a ...

Don’t worry, there are heaps of easy and affordable landscaping design ideas that every home gardener can use to create a beautiful outdoor space that’s perfect for entertaining. Whether it ...

Design is the critical factor that distinguishes a garden-by-design from a garden-by-happy-accident.” Gardening also continues long after the landscape team has left, by way of maintenance.

PJ Bremier writes on home, garden, design and entertaining topics every Saturday and also on her blog at DesignSwirl.co. She may be contacted at P.O. Box 412, Kentfield 94914, or at pj@pjbremier.com.

Visit the Lifestyle Garden Design Show from February 21 to the end of May, 8am to 5pm, daily. Lifestyle Home Garden Centre, corner Beyers Naudé Drive and Ysterhout Avenue, Randpark Ridge, Randburg.