While those with a green thumb share a universal love of gardening, each tends to be drawn to an individual garden style. Whether it's your wish to garden for the first time or to purchase what you’ll need to revamp your current garden, H&N Floral, Gifts & Garden of Texarkana, TX, has the supplies and the staff to guide you in the right direction.

While individual tastes play a role, there are three common garden styles. Find your match and learn what you’ll need to start.

3 Most Common Garden Styles 

Small Gardens

Intricate and beautiful, small gardens lend themselves to home and apartment owners looking to exercise their green thumb without overwhelming a smaller space. With the right supplies and a clear plan, smaller gardens can look just as gorgeous as those inhabiting larger areas. The best format for the perfect small garden look is planting vertically. Think up instead of out. Rather than covering the entire surface of a given area, create a smaller bed of flowers to house in a raised plot or repurposed birdhouse. Build on the element of height by investing in taller flowers and some ivy to climb the surfaces of your building. The multi-level, vertically driven look will allow the space to look inviting, classy and more spacious than traditional gardening layouts.

Formal Gardens

The appeal of a formal garden lies in a stunning focal point. Formal gardens are known for highly maintained beds on either side of a walkway leading to a beautiful centerpiece. For homes with plenty of space, consider placing a garden bench on each side of the walkway. Smaller spaces can work well with a formal garden as long as a thin walkway surrounds the perimeter of an elevated center garden. The charm of formal gardens is their classic beauty, carefully curated garden ornaments and an impeccably maintained look.

Contemporary Gardens

For more modern gardeners, contemporary gardens offer a chance to get into nature without creating a garden unsuitable to your personality. Modern gardens tend to incorporate more architectural accents than their formal counterparts and rely heavily on bold colors and statement pieces. Whether you opt to create a neat green square garden with accent beds in dark red or purple or choose to build a rock wall for foliage to climb, contemporary gardens are about mixing traditional gardening with a modernized focus on individuality.

The style you choose matters less than the zest you put into creating your garden. Whatever method you choose, the gardening experts at H&N Floral, Gifts & Garden carry everything you’ll need to create the look. Call 903-832-2000 or visit the H&N Floral, Gifts & Garden website to view the store’s extensive inventory of flowers, gardening tools, and gifts. Also, follow H&N Floral, Gifts & Garden on Facebook for exclusive promotions and gardening tips.