Applied by any gardener, amateur or professional, they will result in a more successful, satisfying design.įree newsletter with garden design tips every Thursday! All have proven invaluable to me over my years of garden-making. However, after 28 years and hundreds of projects later, I’ve come to believe in certain rules and guidelines that are neither fussy nor constraining. It’s tempting, in a field as subjective as garden design, to feel that rules do not apply. Use the Golden Rectangle to get proportions right.Obey the 'law' of significant enclosure.