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Jacky Parker

How to Make a Small Garden Look Bigger — 10 Insider Tricks From Garden Designers

White outdoor sofa with coffee table, egg chair and corten steel planters surrounded by pleached trees and a black fence.

Urban living has many advantages, but one downside is the minimal (if any) outside space that accompanies our homes. Thankfully, landscapers have numerous ways to make a small garden look bigger.

Deceiving the eye is a trick that many garden (and interior) designers employ. This can give the illusion of more space, and it's simple to do in your garden, when you know how. Whether this is done through the layout, plantings, colors and materials, landscapers and designers have plenty of small garden ideas that can create the feel of a more expansive outdoor space.

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