Creating an Adventure Garden
Written by Lee Wyatt (last updated May 31, 2023)
Perhaps one of the most enjoyable things about having a garden is that you can design it to be just about anything you want it to be. Your garden can be something straight out of a Victorian romance, to something as enchanting as a Fairy world. One type of garden that many people overlook is something called an adventure garden. Creating an adventure garden isn't that difficult, and can actually hold something for just about everyone.
- General idea. If you have read the classic tale The Secret Garden, then you have a rough idea of what an adventure garden is supposed to be like. Ideally an adventure garden is designed to give children a place away from their parents that they can claim as "secret." Typically this type of garden design is limited by one overwhelming factor, which is space. To get the bare minimum of what you are looking for, you simply need to have enough space where you can set up a small tent. Simply put, this means that you need to set aside an area of your garden or landscape that can be dedicated primarily for the use of children.
- Accents. To get the most out of your adventure garden, you need to have the right kind of accent. As with any type of garden, this could very well be one of the most difficult aspects of creating an adventure garden. The accessories that you choose have to fit two different criteria. The first is that it has to be appealing to children, and the second is that it needs to fit in with the rest of your home.
- Use natural help. Wherever you can, use as many natural items as possible to help create a sense of adventure. Some examples of these are things like sand pits, trees with swings or tree houses, soft grasses, vines as screens, or trunks that have been cut into various sizes to create a climbing area. The best kinds of adventure gardens are those that use as much of the natural world as possible, or at the very least allow you to enhance the natural world.
- Take precautions. When you are planning or creating your adventure garden, be sure that you are also taking the proper precautions. This means that any equipment or accents that you use should be those that are easily maintained. For example, unless you add a filtering system into any water feature that you may have, you will need to periodically empty out the water to avoid stagnation. Anywhere that there is a climbing area should also have some kind of a padded, or really soft, surface that someone could land upon.
Author Bio
Lee Wyatt
Contributor of numerous Tips.Net articles, Lee Wyatt is quickly becoming a regular "Jack of all trades." He is currently an independent contractor specializing in writing and editing. Contact him today for all of your writing and editing needs! Click here to contact. Learn more about Lee...
Emergency Pipe Repair
Have you ever found a burst pipe in your bathroom, kitchen, or else where in your home? If you have, then you know how ...
Discover More
Organizing Documents
Like cats and small children, documents seem to have the ability to take up more space than is physically possible. ...
Discover More
Mace
Mace is a unique type of spice when compared to others. To learn a little more about this fantastic ingredient, then read ...
Discover More
Which Soil is Best for Plant Growth?
When you test your soil for pH, the kit's package instructions will recommend either adding lime to raise the alkalinity, ...
Discover More
Creating a Beginner's Vegetable Garden
Start your vegetable garden by planning where you are going to grow and what you will grow in the garden. Prepare the ...
Discover More
Rock Gardens for Tranquility
Rock gardens are beautiful recreations of alpine areas. The most important part of creating a rock garden is to plan it ...
Discover More
Comments