Garden gives natural beauty to your home. Garden decoration comprises of plantation and furniture used in the garden and even presence of water bodies. Water bodies give your garden natural beauty and look of garden becomes cool. A sanctuary is a private place where you can feel better and relaxed. This is place where there is no noise of outside traffic. Sanctuary provides a calm and peaceful setting.

To create a sanctuary in the garden

• If garden is large in area you can choose some of its area whereas if garden is small use whole of its area for creating sanctuary. Hence the area of garden higher to privatize it.
• Add water body to the garden in form of water fountain and small pond. The presence of water provides a natural and soothing feeling to one’s heart. The sound of falling water makes mind relax.
• Candles and other soft lightning sets sanctuary mood. Sculptures and freestanding statuary supplements the sanctuary mood.
• Fire pits and chimneys could be added to provide warmness in the garden especially during winters.
• Plant flowers that attract butterflies. Butterflies are symbols of bright colors. The plants include cosmos and lilacs. They both have flowers provided with ample amount of nectar and attract butterflies in large number. Plant asters or coreopsis to attract the buckeye.
• Create a path that provides proper meditation while walking on it. A simple meditation path involves path of strewn pine needles, a winding gravel path.
• Plant the plants having soft colors like cream, green and pastel color to provide cool effect in the garden area.
• If you had large areas in your garden then use a metal gazebo frame
• or a portable pavilion to enclose certain area. You can put curtains, mattress and use pillow.

Maintenance of the sanctuary
Sanctuary needs proper cleaning and other maintenance like cleaning of the water bodies at regular intervals. Using of proper natural fertilizers and regularly removal of pesticides from the garden.

Creating a sanctuary at your backyard gives you opportunity to relax at home after coming back from work at your home. It can be done without paying much. It provides proper space for playing for kids. It provides the right place for doing yoga and other exercises for better health. For morning and evening walk sanctuary is the best option at your backyard.

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