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FROM INDOORS, the view through the windows into the garden design therefore is at least as important as the view from any vantage point outside. Your garden design therefore design must therefore include views that look tempting from inside, from the rooms where you spend most time. If you are lucky enough to look out over open rural views or a fine cityscape, make sure the garden design therefore design blends with the background. A rustic garden design therefore-style design is much more suitable for a rural area than a modern design, in the same way as a modern design will look better in an urban area.

The straight edge of a hard surface can also be used in conjunction with curved flower beds and lawns within one design. The overall effect will be one of contrast: straight and curved lines, and squares and circles. Paths should be used sensitively and for a reason. A path leading nowhere will not integrate with the rest of the garden design therefore. Use curved paths in an informal design and straight ones in a formal scheme. Rather than using a path to split the garden design therefore into two equal sections, consider running it along the shadier side of the garden design therefore instead.

Some patterns, like squares and circles within squares, are static and restful because they are self-contained shapes that do not lead anywhere, whereas diagonals and curves are active and full of movement since they lead from one place to another. A static design is appropriate for a formal, regularly shaped garden design therefore, while an active design is better for an informal garden design therefore. Make sure all the lines of your pattern lead the eye toward some focal point, be it a specimen tree or a statue. This will create the "pace" of the garden design therefore and link it up into a coherent and satisfying whole.