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Here are three good ways to reduce that maintenance-demanding, water-hogging lawn and create ideal spaces for gardening:

 Make garden beds around the sides of the yard, widening or extending them as you can. Alternatively, create what landscapers call island beds, which are flat or mounded beds (in any shape and size you like) in the middle of a lawn.

 Add large, sprawling structures that take up a lot of yard space.Some ways to do this arePathwaysA terrace, patio, or deckA pool (swimming or ornamental)A potting shed or gazeboAdding garden beds around these structures really spruces things up.

 Fence in or otherwise enclose individual garden spaces like rose or herb gardens around your yard. The fence can be an artificial fence made of wood or metal, or it can be made of hedges, ornamental grasses, or trellises overhung with vines. Use your imagination! Fences offer so many possibilities. They create private spaces and add a whole new vertical element that you can festoon with vining fruits, veggies, climbing roses, annuals, or perennials. For example, consider adding a white metal fence festooned with blue morning glories, or a wooden one with a blooming rose bush swooning over it.