Tips to make garden look wider

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We have someone working on part of our garden , clearing years of weeds and dead tree stumps. As he is working his way down it looks wider. Area is approximately 120' long by 30'max width. Bearing in mind it is a fairly blank canvas apart from the odd shrub and we already have a functional garden nearer the house with patio and grass, separated by a fence at the moment from the area beign worked on, are there any tips to visually try and make it seem wider. Is it worth segmenting the new part so that, say, the bottom third is a play area designated in a different ground finish to rest. Not sure if curves of path/beds/features would be better than straight lines across iyswim

Flats can be so disappointing, Jet, I agree.

and leaning, I thought better of you to suggest such things!

Oh ladies, I must off to dream of all your bushes.

Night night, and OP, I hope you find something in all our musings/top tips. We offer them in the best possible spirit.

Goodnight Sycamoretree, you green-fingured goddess!

have i shocked you bella

velevet naaa prefer the cropped look on the long+~wide garden and careful topiary on the bushes

Ooops. Got side-tracked by leanings dilemma. Sorry OP!

Thanks Shiney for showing me the error of my ways. I will adhere to the culture of Mumsnet.

bella, i am offended. I was trying to help the OP in her width problem, purely by sharing my own experiences! Not at all smutty

right, i'm off to contemplate how best to widen my garden. must find a man whose good with tools methinks

just a leeetle leaning

leaning - if you find one, pass him my way. My garden could do with a good seeing to!

Get rid of your fences, simples

Seriously, Shiney is right, spookycharlotte has a degree in actual gardening (landscaping or summat, you know, with a garden). She'll be very helpful.

I think you should use a reputable firm, tbh, a man labouring away on his own is often next to useless, I find.

BitOfFun - do you find two or three are better than one then?

BofF - have you had experience of this?

maybe, but if they labour too long then it kind of loses its potential and comes to nothing

I am a bit of a taskmaster, 'tis true...They must fair roll their eyes at me at The Horticultural Society.