Design Ideas for Small Groupings of Trees & Shrubs

Wooded Island

• If you are seeking to create a rustic and rugged look for your lawn, consider creating a wooded island with trees and shrubs. Instead of placing these up against your home, place them at a distance from the home, clustering them together. Try placing this collection in a low-dipping portion of the lawn where grass seldom grows properly, selecting water-loving trees and shrubs to ensure that they fare better than your grass did. Make this space a usable one, positioning a bench near the island at which you can sit and read or relax.

Greenery Privacy Hedge

• If there isn’t as much space between you and your neighbor as you would like, use this greenery to create some privacy. Craft a hedge along the side of your yard, placing sizable bushes or evergreen trees down the edge of your property. Instead of crafting an oppressive wall of just one type of tree or bush, incorporate an assortment of different ones into your design, making it more visually appealing.

Bush Clusters

• Particularly if you intend to add petite bushes to your garden space, consider clustering them instead of placing them at a distance from each other. Position some bushes that will grow taller up against your house and arrange several rows of smaller ones in front, filling your garden with green and adding some visual appeal to the space. For maximum attractiveness, seek bushes with leaves of different textures to create variety.

Tree Surrounds

• If you have trees in your yard whose roots protrude above the ground, remedy this situation by creating tree surrounds using bushes. Remove the marred sod that currently rests around these trees and replace it with a collection of bushes, beautifying the space while cutting down on the amount you have to mow.