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Using Colour
Colour establishes the mood and tone of the garden in the same way as it does in interior decorating.
Just as you'd choose walls, carpets and curtains of a suitable colour to act as a background for your furniture and ornaments, pick garden architecture that will create a coordinated look.
For instance, if you have a brick house, you might choose bricks of the same colour to edge a path to keep the style consistent and help link parts of the garden.
Natural neutral colours are the traditional choice for garden paving and fencing, although colour livens things up enormously if it's used with care.
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Grey backgrounds
A grey background may work in a very small garden if you used a lot of brightly-coloured flowers and ornate features, and you needed a very plain background to set them off. But unless you are careful this could look boring.
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Multi-coloured backgrounds
Be careful when using too many bright colours as your backdrop as the result may be garish and it will detract from the colours of your plants and flowers.
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Shade and tone
Backgrounds in similar tones of the same colour Different shades of the same basic colour make a good background for plants, adding light and shade to the scheme, which gives it depth. What's more it won't distract attention from the plants or the garden as a whole.
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