The time gardeners look at how to plan the layout of the garden, what you see is a situation whereby they completely omit to take advantage of the existing features that is already on the ground. It is always useful to take into account things like the retaining walls, height barriers and the steepness of the garden.

What is required is to take time in the planning period and check around to see how you can make use of the said features if at all they already are present within the grounds you wish to work on. They will work in your favor rather than if they were removed totally from the picture. They can help you to design a natural picturesque garden.

Some of the tips one can consider when planning the layout of a garden:

The first thing is to make sure that all the natural walls that already exist are made use of instead of being left bare. Forget about leaving the concrete walls in the same state you found them because this breaks the running theme of the garden.

Any gardener who is worth his salt should be able to see the bare wall exactly like a blank canvas on which to pour out his creative style. It is expected that the wall should be used to incorporate a rich color scheme in your garden. It can also serve as a place where one can spread out or showcase some beautiful artwork. Now you see how making use of an already existent wall can enhance the beauty and composition of your garden; enhance color and interesting landscape.

Any empty space above the wall can still be used to accommodate some plants like the vines which can be allowed to hang in cascading fashion down the face of the wall.

It could be seen as a little too much of vines, but when creativity is at play and good care and moderation is used, what you need is to just add a few flowering vines. Plants like the Purple Passion Flower Vine which comes in with beautiful colors of white, purple and large leaves can be a wonderful idea.

There is a very easy and less costly way of building height accents. Just stack up some stepping stones in order to create a high ground. You can actually get these from the local big box home improvement store and are not expensive as each can go for $1.30.

The height can be raised to something like 18 to 24 inches in height and later spread planter on it and fill it with beautiful colors, and this will definitely bring a new dimension to the otherwise flat and uninteresting layout.