Small Garden Ideas

Planting in decorative pots and planters can really help get the most from a small garden. The pots prevent the plants from growing too large and they can be easily moved around - great if the sun moves around your garden through the day.

Container plants are also ideal for rented property as there's no need to dig up the garden to take them with you when you move :o)

There are also optical illusions to make a small garden feel bigger and Greenfingers have some ingenious mirrors that can look like a window or even a gate for a more spacious feel!

For more ideas for small gardens, check out the advice and lovely photos from our members on this page and feel to join and ask your question if you have specific needs.

We have 42 photos of small garden ideas

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 12 at a time.

  • My Garden
    Clarky
  • Planting Upwards In Small Gardens 2006
    Colin
  • Summer Garden
    Bethanymay
  • Butlers sink planted with Alpines
    Andy_and_jill
  • a little hide-away in the back garden. this is now where I have made a small rose garden last year
    Powderbrush
  • Interesting ideas for growing plants
    Justjan
  • Best small garden - Gold
    Ajay
  • View of small pond
    Chrispook
  • "The Willow Pattern Plot" small garden
    Peter
  • Small conifer bed next to patio.
    Chrispook
  • The Sadolin Garden of Regeneration
    Ajay
  • 2008_0815ShrewburyFS0254.jpg
    Madmum
  • A Tub!!!
    Wyeboy
  • small veg garden
    Rockhound
  • Garden
    Noballsallo..
  • Southport Flower Show 2007 - small town garden
    Robertr
  • The Green & Light garden
    Ajay
  • Small gardens - Back to front
    Peter

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peter
Peter
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A year (and a bit) of gardening

Well everything's a bit calmer after the wedding so no jobs today and I've just been out in the drizzle to see if I can move...

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AndrewR
Andrewr
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Bigger Gardens

I guess we’d all like a bigger garden so that we could grow everything we wanted to. A few trees (or an entire wood), several...

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treesandthings
Treesandthi..

My garden a quick tour part 2 Willow dome to Tree ferns.

This is another quick tour of the second part of my garden. It starts off from inside the willow dome and takes you across...

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peter
Peter
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Small Gardens at Hampton Court

We did think the first day of Hampton Court was a good idea, but the weather wasn't ideal. Unfortunately I forgot to blog...

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faeriefay
Faeriefay
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The Carrot Crunch

This year I decided to start a veg patch and thought the unproductive left hand side of my garden would be perfect. First...

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