Zone 5 Gardening

Outdoor gardens are transformation of your outdoor space into your own retreat. Planting annual and perennial colorful flowers will brighten up the look of your garden as well as accentuate it. Outdoor gardens may take many shapes, forms and designs. You can design your outdoor garden in many ways like a formal garden with clipped hedges, a country garden with spilling border, modern garden with different geometric shapes and many others. Consider the following factors for a beautiful outdoor garden –

Roof Gardens are the gardens which are on the roof of a building. Roof gardening is carried on by urban dwellers who have very little or no space for gardening. Hence, roof gardens help a lot and besides having decorative benefits, the roof plantings also provide food (if fruits and vegetables are grown), temperature control, architectural enhancements, hydrological benefits and recreational opportunities.

Kitchen garden is a space which is separate from the rest of residential garden. There is a myth that kitchen gardens are just vegetable gardens and miniature versions of old family farm plots. However, the fact implies that the kitchen gardens are more than just growing vegetables, fruits etc. The kitchen garden is different not only in its design but also its history. Kitchen gardens are really popular and in the last few years kitchen gardening has really burgeoned in America. Thus, the basic definition of kitchen garden is the place where you can grow vegetables, herbs, fruits, cutting flowers etc. for the kitchen.