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As part of your narrowing-down process, have fun as you gather inspiration. Here are some great suggestions:

 Go online and search for photos of gardens. You can look for home garden designs or search specifically for types of gardens you want to create. You can also check out Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for more ideas in their garden forums.

 Thumb through back issues of gardening magazines and flag beautiful photographs and helpful articles. Grab a few of those arguably fluffy gardening magazines you often see at the checkout stand at the grocery store or home improvement store (technically, they’re called SIPs, or Special Interest Publications). These publications tend to be heavily photo-driven, lighter on the actual how-to information, but that’s the dreamy stuff you want right now.

 Check the gardening books you already own, both practical ones and coffee-table books, and do the same. Visit a well-stocked bookstore or the book section at a garden center and do some more prospecting.

 Look in your library. Your library can be a super source for garden design books. You can skim through a lot of them without paying a penny. After you find a few useful titles, buy them.

 Visit the gardens, including public parks, botanical gardens, and arboreta, that aren’t too far beyond your front door. Take some photos with either your phone or camera. Walk around surrounding neighborhoods and take pictures of gardens or vignettes that pique your interest. Many neighborhoods and Master Gardener programs sponsor local garden tours that are great for idea shopping and you can usually talk directly with the garden makers to pick their brains. If your city parks department takes care of the city parks, walk through them for inspiration as well.

The object of this exercise is to fill your mind with enticing images of what’s possible. You also get to see how other gardeners — in various regions, with different types of yards — have pulled off their woodland garden or cottage garden or whatever you’re aiming for. Study their creativity and their solutions; they can help you clarify your vision.