Whether you’re looking to host a social gathering or you need a calming place to relax, a small garden shouldn’t be disregarded. With contemporary composite decking, you can transform your outdoor space and give the illusion of a much bigger, brighter and enhanced garden.
In this guide, you can discover how to elevate your layout with clever decking ideas for small gardens.
Composite decking offers a great way of enhancing your layout and breaking up the space in your garden. Introducing decking to a small garden can also provide an innovative seating and social area, offering a solid base to incorporate plants, seating and a table too.
Composite Decking is also low maintenance and can be an affordable alternative to some paving options. Generally, decking is simple to install - however, It’s always best to consult with a professional installer before you set out on a decking project. But if you are fortunate enough to be DIY savvy, our Guide to Planning & Installing composite decking offers thorough, easy-to-follow instructions.
Ready to be inspired? Check out our small garden decking ideas:
To utilise small outdoor spaces effectively, it may be worth incorporating another level into your garden. Not only does this provide another dimension, but it allows you to make the most of your space, providing two separate areas to socialise and relax.
Raised decking is also ideal for small sloping gardens, as it can even out a slanted garden and make it more uniform.
Alternatively, if you have a small corner in your garden this can be converted to a cosy decked area with cladding to create a private nook, or you could implement a pathway, stairs or a ramp to the decking area to interlink the two spots of your garden.
An awkwardly shaped small garden shouldn’t deter you from getting decking, as you can tailor the deck to your space. It can also provide some well-needed symmetry and alignment to a garden with unwieldy angles.
Whether it’s adding a curved decking path around your plants, or making use out of an empty corner or oddly-shaped area, you can create a design that is bespoke to your garden, enhancing the landscape.
To create a statement seating area within your compact garden space, why not contrast your deck with cladding? This is an easy way of implementing different shades and getting creative with your garden without taking up additional room.
Despite seeming contradictory, sectioning off your garden can be a way to make your small garden look bigger, as it provides space efficiency and gives the illusion of being larger with it containing more sections.
Although you may wish for a bigger garden, a small outdoor space doesn’t have to feel cramped. By evenly spreading lights across your decking and garden you can create the pretense of a larger, brighter space.
Whether it’s streaming with natural sunlight or being lit artificially with fairy lights, lanterns or ground spotlights, every garden looks bigger when it’s lit up. It can open up your garden and make it appear to be more spacious.
Why not try adding some porch lights, draping fairy lights or solar-powered up-lighters?
A small decking area doesn’t mean you have to be sparse with decoration - you still have the potential to put a multitude of accessories in this space.
Complement your garden furniture and composite decking with different textures. You can make your small deck look pretty through the incorporation of different layers. Outdoor printed rugs, waterproof cushions and hanging foliage have the power to make the smallest of gardens look impressive.
When you’re mixing together lots of different textures, be sure to align accessories in similar shades of the same colour, or stick to a neutral palette to showcase a feeling of luxury.
Nowadays, you can easily find multifunctional outdoor furniture to accommodate small garden and decking spaces.
From stackable seats to rattan storage and modular furniture, there are a number of ways to tailor your outdoor furnishing to your small garden and utilise the space effectively.
Mobile, multifunctional furniture and storage mean you can interchange your space according to your needs, which is especially useful for more compact outdoor spaces.
A simple way to offer the illusion of more space and enhance the aesthetic of a small garden is by incorporating light coloured composite decking to a patio. Installing composite decking in a lighter shade can help to create this illusion.
Our composite decking in Sandstone/Island Mist, a modern grey colour palette, is perfect for homeowners who are looking to create a light and modern decked area. Offering two light shades of grey, it’s the perfect choice for those wanting to create an open, airy feel whilst keeping a lighter aesthetic.
It’s common knowledge that vertical stripes create a slimming effect, while horizontal stripes make someone look wider. Well, the same thing can be applied to gardens.
If you’re dealing with a small, narrow garden, you can create the illusion of a wider, more open decking space. Instead of the traditional vertical layout, install your composite decking in a horizontal fashion and make your decking area look ampler than its actual square footage.
If you’re looking to install composite decking in your garden, we’re here to help you create your beautiful decking design. We stock a range of composite decking products to suit all preferences.
For further inspiration for your landscaping project, don’t forget to check out our ‘Be Inspired’ page which showcases a range of captivating decking, cladding and fencing designs.
