Whether your dream space is a relaxing oasis of water and rock or a wide swath of walking paths and flowers, your dream can easily become a reality. The steps are simple and you don’t have to be a professional landscape designer to accomplish them.

What You Need
Materials are easy. All you need to get started is some graphing paper, tracing paper, pencils, a measuring tape, and your creativity. Sit down at a table and make a list of what you want. At this point, don’t worry about whether your ideas are workable or not. The important thing is get those creative juices flowing.

Pencil to Paper
Plot out the dimensions of your space on the graph paper. Put in those fixed objects that can’t be moved or that you don’t want to move. This includes things like trees, walkways, driveways, shrubs, or furniture. You are putting these on the graph paper because they are permanent.

Know the Symbols
As you begin working, it will be easy to forget what you wanted where. Be sure to make a legend sou can refer back to. For example, maybe a rectangle represents a flower bed and a square a kitchen garden. You would not want to confuse these later on.

Let Creativity Flow
Now you get play a bit. Place a piece of tracing paper over your graph paper and secure it. On your tracing paper, you can now begin the process of envisioning your dream. Consult your list you made earlier and begin making various drafts of what you want. Have fun with this step. Remember it isn’t written in stone yet.

The Final Piece
Once you reach this point, you have done a lot of work. It is time to make your dream a reality. Now is also the time to consider what resources you have available to make your dream come true. Decide which draft you liked best. You can begin the physical labor required or seek out a professional.

You have gone through the steps and have your garden ready to go. Knowing that you created this little paradise all on your own is a great feeling. Relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor for a while.