Backyard Garden Design Plans and Ideas

Unless the backyard consists simply of a long stretch of well-tended smooth lawn, it incorporates a number of features which are not necessarily in harmony with each other.  The purpose of having a proper design for the backyard is to try to bring these areas together in the most harmonious way possible.   The backyard design presupposes that the yard will have at least, a sitting area, a play area, a clothes-drying green, flower beds, a vegetable garden, and a garden shed.  Further features may include a workshop, a 'natural' area with meadow flowers, a number of trees, a greenhouse, or a poultry run.

Garden supplies; seeds, pots, plants, soil, and tools can be found at your local supermarket.  WalMart, Costco, and Target all have large gardening sections that are well equiped with garden supplies.  WalMart sells 20 cubic inch plastic planters for $120, which would fit nicely on a porch or patio.  They also stock other small planters that sell in sets (usually 4 to a set) for $20 to $35.  These prices are comparable at other supermarkets, so don't go driving across town hoping to find a better deal.  If you don't have a supermarket in your area, you can check local listings for a gardening store.  There are few towns and cities that won't have somewhere to purchase garden supplies, but if that is the case, you can always look online.

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Shopping online for garden supplies is not the ideal way to find the materials necessary to design your backyard garden.  Shipping costs can be quite high for large and heavy items,  not to mention you will have to wait around a week for your purchase to arrive.  It is sometimes possible to get reduced shipping rates on bulk purchases, or purchases over a certain dollar amount, but this usually doesn't equate to the prices you would find at local  stores.  However, sometimes there are items that you cannot find in your locale, in which case shopping online may be in ideal solution.  Amazon sells a wide variety of gardening supplies, and there are many seed sellers, such as parkseed.com, that can provide you with your plant seed of choice.