Step 3: Find Your Style

Before you begin to build your garden, you'll need to determine what kind of garden style you'd like to create.  The garden style you choose can showcase your personality, but it is also heavily influenced by your natural surroundings.  Gardening in a heavily wooded area?   Work with what you're given and create a serene woodland garden.  Prefer a more formal look?  You'll need to start by defining structure in your garden. 

There are nearly as many garden styles as there are personality types, so there's sure to be one that suits you.  Scroll through the index of garden styles to discover your own style.

Asian Style Gardens  Container and Patio Gardens  Cottage Gardens  Eclectic Gardens  Formal Gardens  Modern Gardens  Prairie Style Gardens  Rain Gardens  Rock Gardens  Water Gardens  Woodland and Shades Gardens

Step 1: Perennials 101

Step 2: Getting Started

Step 4: Garden Design Elements

Step 5: Building Your Garden

Step 6: Caring For Your Garden