Bring Balance Into Your Garden With Feng Shui

If you are looking to bring harmony and balance to your garden you will need to pay attention to the colors of your plants. Colors have special significance within feng shui, so depending upon what you want to
accomplish with your garden, you need to pay close attention to what colors you surround yourself with.

You will want to surround yourself with an eclectic mixture of flowers in various shades of colors that are conducive to your goals.

oFill your garden with dark colored flowers - such as blue and other dark colors - if you would like your feng shui garden to be a place where you can find some calm. This would also be an appropriate place to allow some flowing water, such as with a fountain. You can find a feng shui fountain quite easily at home decorating stores.

o Fill your garden with light colored flowers - such as white or other pale colors - if you would like your feng shui garden to be a place where you can clear your mind and search for clarity. Accessorize the garden with metal accoutrements.

o Fill your garden with vibrant colors - such as red and other vibrant colors - if you would like your feng shui garden to be a place where you can concentrate on your professional goals. Candles or a fire pit are
appropriate for this type of garden.

o Don't fill your garden with specific feng shui colors and materials if they don't appeal to you personally. Don't stock your garden chock full of deep red roses if you don't really care for the color red or roses, even if your main goal is to have a garden that allows you to reflect on your professional goals. With such a wide variety of flowers available, you should be able to find something appropriate to your desired garden.

o Sometimes, just having a garden is good enough. In other words, if you adore light colored flowers but you're not necessarily looking for a place to search for clarity, you may still want to fill your garden with the flowers you love. After all, a beautiful outdoor spot where you can sit and relax can be a fantastic thing to have, whether or not the flowers are necessarily placed according to feng shui principles. Make your garden
a beautiful place that you love to be in.

o Choose an appropriate focal point and direction. Most feng shui experts suggest that a garden is best placed facing the southern direction. This not only adheres to feng shui principles, but it also will let the plants within your garden soak up the maximum amount of natural sunlight unless the sun is blocked by
your home or another structure.

No matter how decorative a fence you have, you should avoid making a fence the main focus of your garden area. You should do your best to make sure that the garden is a welcoming area and that visitors do not feel inhibited in entering the garden. If your garden is surrounded by a fence - no matter how small or decorative - many people will not feel as though they can walk into the garden without first being granted permission. For this reason you should not begin your gardening process by picking out a fence, unless you live in the type of neighborhood where there is simply no getting around the need to block off your private property.

If you are unable to let your garden face the south as well then you should try your best to plan the garden in a direction that allows the plants to receive some exposure to the sun at different times of the day. Even if you use plants that are designed to thrive with very little sunlight, feng shui principles employ the use of natural sunlight as a welcoming and soothing element. The plants may not necessarily need the sunlight, but you and the visitors to your garden do.

And last of all is have somewhere to sit, a beautiful piece of outdoor furniture so you can sit relax and soak up all the beauty of your garden.

Tracey Gillies, host of Outdoor Living Furniture

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