Tip #1: Planning
The first step in landscape or garden planning is to look at what you already have.
Keep a list of things you presently like and dislike about your existing landscape, the changes you’d like to make, as well as your plan for the use of your landscape space and the additional landscaping design you would like to have.
Be sure to bear in mind how your home looks during different seasons, and how things change. Ideally, you should do this for one year, so that you can see what you have during each season.
A good idea is to keep a journal or folder of landscape ideas. Find out what is it that you like and dislike about your current landscape design and write it down in this folder or journal.
