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What’s Your Gardening Style?

Are you calm and considered or wild and organic? Discover your gardening personality with this quick quiz

Victoria Harrison 8 June 2024

Editor, Houzz UK and Ireland

Want to find out which gardening tribe you belong to? Take the quiz below to discover your gardening style.

Garden by Chris Snook

1. Where do you get your garden inspiration from?

Garden shows and gardening programmes

From watching the seasons unfold

Visiting friends’ houses and open gardens

Outdoor cafés, galleries, art installations; anywhere and everywhere.

Contemporary Garden by Adolfo Harrison Gardens

Adolfo Harrison Gardens

2. How do you feel about garden soil?

I don’t have much to do with it. Why do you ask?

It’s the foundation block of the garden. I’m always mulching and composting

I enriched it when I first planted the garden and it looks after itself now

I compost and mulch when I remember

Contemporary Garden by McQue Gardens

3. How do you choose plants for your garden?

I have a general idea of which colours and styles I like and I follow my instincts

I grab whatever catches my eye in the garden centre

I have a set of plants and colours I use throughout, so I stick to those

They choose me; I like to include native plants and wildflowers

Country Garden by Unique Homestays

Unique Homestays

4. If you were given a free afternoon in the garden, how would you spend it?

Painting something or rearranging the patio furniture

A bit of gardening then socialising with friends

Mulching, composting, planting out seedlings… happily working

Pottering or relaxing with a book

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5. What are you like in a garden centre?

I don’t go very often but when I do, it’s like Supermarket Sweep; I pile my trolley high

I enjoy a wander around, but don’t often need to buy much

I like to see how different plants work together and often get design inspiration

I enjoy a browse, but I buy seeds more often than plants

Country Garden by Couture Gardens

Couture Gardens

6. How do you get along with nature?

We’re one and the same

I’m happy as long as the weather is good

I like to sit under trees and near water as often as I can

I’m always inspired by it

Country Garden by Tectonic - Landscape, Architecture & Garden Design

Tectonic - Landscape, Architecture & Garden Design

7. What’s your gardening mantra?

Fortune favours the brave

Keep it simple

There’s no such thing as a weed

Everything in moderation

Traditional Garden by Emma Whitten Garden Design & Implementation

Emma Whitten Garden Design & Implementation

You got … Calm and steady!

Calm and steady: Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was your garden. You’re a careful planner and thoughtful gardener and your outside space reaps the rewards of this balanced approach. Not for you the impulse buying or fevered weekends of garden work followed by months of leaving everything to grow wild. Your approach is ‘little and often’ and your gardening style is steady and relaxed. You aren’t afraid of hard work when required, but there is always an end-goal in sight.

You can’t be rushed into a decision when it comes to gardening; you take your time to do your research and it shows in the quality of the finished result. You approach gardening as a form of relaxation and find the process calming and therapeutic.

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You got … Bold and creative!

Bold and creative: You are creatively driven in all you do and your gardening style is no exception.

If a fence or patio set isn’t working for you, you’ll grab a brush and give it a coat of colour; if a space is feeling tired, you’ll happily rejig it over the course of a weekend. You love a garden-centre trip and often come out with a trolley full of things you just couldn’t leave behind. But you favour low-maintenance plants and shrubs, as you don’t want to spend your weekends toiling over flowerbeds.

You’re bold with your colour and design choices and fearless in your approach. Once you’ve completed a makeover or a project, though, you will happily sit back and enjoy the space. You want your garden to be somewhere you can relax and enjoy yourself rather than a place of constant work.

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Eclectic Patio by monicatostes.co.uk

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You got … Artistic and intuitive!

Artistic and intuitive: Your approach to gardening is the same as your approach to interiors; calm and methodical with a dash of artistic flair.

You have a quiet confidence in your own sense of style and you see your garden as a long-term project that you’re building up in layers. You have a natural skill for combining plants in a unique way and you can visualise the finished result in your mind. As a result, you can mix colours and styles that others might not have the confidence to try.

You enjoy gardening as an activity, but you always have a purpose when you head outside; you don’t often potter just for the sake of it. Once a project is complete, you will happily sit back and soak it all in or invite friends to share in the space.

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Contemporary Terrace by maéma architectes

maéma architectes

You got … Organic and Wild!

Organic and Wild: Nature leads the way when it comes to your gardening decisions, and you’re on first name terms with all the wildlife that finds its way into your patch. Your gardening style is loose and free and you’re happy to embrace any native plants and wildflowers that pop up alongside your own planting scheme.

You’re not often swayed by trends and you see your garden as a long-term project that will grow alongside you. You like to leave your outside space in better shape than you found it, so your approach is regenerative and wildlife-friendly and you grow as much as you can from seed. Your garden never stays still and that’s the way you like it; it’s full of life and energy and an ongoing project.

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Traditional Garden by Nigel Philips Garden Design

Nigel Philips Garden Design

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Sonia

Artistic and Intuitive! I love plants and I feel they are the most important thing in a garden. Paving and fencing can be a bit tatty, it doesn’t matter as it’s the plants that paint the canvas and will divert the eye.

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Sylvia Kabanyoro

Very true.

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ceci09

Totally spot on!

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