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

jet - I always always find that happens.

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And then there's that old line that you can take a horticulture, but you can't make her think...

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I think VT ably demonstrates the truth of that little gem, actually.

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YOu are so lucky to have a lovely long garden, you can send the children to the very end of it and it will be quiet at your end.

Aww shiney, you always have nice things to say about everyone!

bellavita- takes one to know another; you're quite kind yourself

Yes, I know so much about what it's like to have chidren.

If I had children... I would find it very loud... So I would want them to be further away sometimes... Yes... A long garden... Is a good idea...

TDiddy - golly, you are making me now

LOng gardens are great for cricket: my DS has developed a lovely straight drive and resists the temptation to hook my hostile bowling over into the neighbours garden.

Can I just say you have all forgotten the obvious answer.

POCKETS!

Pockets draw attention to areas and make them look wider.

A couple of carefully placed pockets of your hedges or fences running the length of the garden, will draw attention to them and create the illusion of width.

Also handy for geeting all garden tools and toys in.

Problem sorted......Next.

I have long garden so thread has been useful exrecise in lateral thinking. will try combo of pockets, diagonal, curve, the odd mirror and even revisit land swap with neighbour.

Look out for the thread in a few months saying my garden is actually long but now looks too wide, what do I do?

Aaahh you see now looking too wide is easier.

Simply add vertical stripes and stick to one block colour. Do not cut the garden off half way that will be the equivalent of giving it an instant fat arse

Jaque

Havent had chance to read all the post but I would suggest perhaps using diagonal lines, so perhaps interlocking diamonds could work. A selection of 2 different materials can work really well for this.

Mirrors are also good for giving the issluion of more space but this works better on an end wall.

I would suggest some taller plants and a focal point to help bring the eye up. Perhaps honeysuckle or clematis growing along the fence.

sorry am knackered tonight so my ideas are probs poo.