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The following flower garden design tips will help you when planning a new garden bed or if you're looking for ways to make existing plantings look even better.And remember, the trend today is not to segregate perennials in their own flowerbed, but to plant a "mixed border."With this kind of planting scheme, small flowering trees and shrubs join flowers, making for a pleasing arrangement that looks good all season long. This style of gardening is more practical for today's smaller properties, which don't have enough space for separate beds of shrubs and flowers.Every garden bed needs sense of definition – a line that sets it apart from the rest of the garden.traight lines work well, but most people seem to prefer curved lines. If you go for curves, forget wiggly lines.A smooth sweeping curve or a clean straight line always makes a more elegant flower garden design statement than a wavy pattern snaking around the garden.Gardens are by nature a delight to the senses: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting. Everyone finds all of their senses naturally heightened or stimulated when surrounded by greenery and flowers. Designing a garden to purposely increase and enhance these kinds of experiences brings added measures of delight. Keep the following pointers in mind when designing a garden lay out and selecting plants and it will be sure to excite and please all five senses!