Naturally, we must start from the consideration of the dimensions of the spaces to be set up: the design of a very small garden can never be the same as the design of a very large garden. Therefore, if, once the perimeter has been measured, we realize that we are dealing with a small space, we will have to act accordingly, giving up particularly bulky plants and trees that exceed five meters in height, instead directing our attention to shrubs, pot crops and climbing plants. As far as pot crops are concerned, the advantage represented by them is that they can be moved with the utmost ease both from one part of the garden to another, and – if needed – inside the house. With regard to creepers, on the other hand, their vertical development upwards, twisting on iron supports, trunks or buildings, provides a feeling of greater amplitude, without forgetting that, much more concretely, it saves space. In the presence of large dimensions, however, it is necessary to deal with evidently more constant and frequent care and maintenance: in short, one thing is to water and fertilize ten plants, and one thing is to water and fertilize forty. Not only because, in the second case, much more time is needed, but also because it is not certain that all plants have the same needs from the point of view of irrigation and fertilization: for each of them it may be necessary to specialized treatment. This is why those who, despite having a very large garden, believe they are unable to manage it completely, often choose to reduce it, that is to say to delimit a part of it, in order to leave the remaining space not cultivated, as if it was a simple landscape.

Designing greenery clearly means taking care of the lawn as well. To do this, it is first necessary to treat the soil, turning it on the surface with a hoe, and covering it with a layer of a couple of centimeters of specific soil. The sowing of the lawn is usually carried out with fescue and ryegrass, which have different sprouting times, so as not to leave the green carpet unguarded in any season. Having said that fertilization plays a fundamental role but must be evaluated from plant to plant (there are species that need potassium more than phosphorus, others that need phosphorus more than potassium), it is good to be careful, in creating a garden, also to the development of diseases and infections. For this reason, it may be useful to treat crops in a preventive manner with specific anti-parasitic products, so as to defeat the most common enemies of plants, such as spider mites, scale insects and aphids. As for infections, they often derive from fungi: their appearance depends, in most cases, from excessive humidity. To avoid such situations, it is good to check that the lawn and the plants are not in proximity to water stagnation: eventually, it may be useful to prick the ground with a fork, from time to time, to create holes that favor the flow of water. water (and at the same time improve oxygenation of the root system). But water stagnation can also be caused by too abundant and too frequent irrigation. It is good to know that almost all plants suffer to a greater extent from an excess of water than from a lack of the same: as a general rule, the one that involves wetting the soil only when it appears as totally dry can apply.

When designing the green, a parameter that should be taken into consideration concerns the position of the land on which you want to create the garden. For example, a land located on top of a mound will be slightly warmer than a land located at the foot of that same mound, as the warm air moves upwards. Equally important is the exposure to the sun: the best, regardless of the cultivated species, is the one to the south, because it allows you to receive the sun’s rays for most of the day. The only precaution that you need to take, in summer, is to create a shelter for those plants that eventually suffer from very high temperatures, keeping them in the shade (in this way you will also avoid burns and scalds). To avoid, however, the exposure to the east, which determines very low temperatures already and mid-afternoon.