Done properly, our garden should be an extension of our home. Sometimes with only minimal effort, we can enhance our land, creating in little time a small oasis of wonder. Even where a complete makeover is required, realising the natural strengths and assets your land offers goes a long ways towards setting your dreams in motion. This approach is also surprisingly cost-effective.

Perhaps more than anything else, the art of landscaping lies in the imagination. From those first flickers of interest, your garden is your dream made manifest in rock, water and plantlife. You nurture this dream with a little effort and creativity and it in short time rewards you with countless hours of pleasure.

As the ancient Chinese knew, the art of design lies simply in harmony itself. Nothing should jar or interrupt the senses. Things either "work" or they don't. So, be they the charms of an English cottage country garden, or a rugged West Coast theme, the approach remains the same.

Happy dreaming!