Bold pots at Jardin Majorelle in Morocco. - Contributed

Your garden is on the tiny side, but you still want it to make a bold statement? No problem. Use containers and you can turn the most unexpected spot into a pretty garden.

Be creative too. Coat terracotta pots, large and small, with vibrant colours and a clear glaze as finish. Do not use more than three colours but select bold shades.

A few precautions

Container plants can be heavy and become heavier when deeply watered. Therefore, try to get a carpenter to bang up a platform on caster wheels. Paint it in the same colour as the container. This will make it easier when grooming the plants; switch around your pots or wheel them in if bad weather is looming.

Don't set your containers where people will trip over them, particularly during the night in a poorly lit area of your yard.

Make sure any hanging baskets or window baskets are secured firmly, so they don't fall on people's heads. 'Flowers in your hair' shouldn't mean dirt on your head!

Select foliage and grasses for particular purposes. Foliage can be used to give a vertical line or a cascading effect, depending on what you want. Foliage can give you some really lovely plays of texture, shape, colour and contrast against your flowers.

Taking the mowing height up a notch will do wonders for your lawn during the summer. First, it will make scalping less likely. You never want to cut more than one-third the height of your lawn in a single mowing. If you don't scalp your lawn, it will make weed encroachment more difficult. The greater amount of leaf blade showing will keep your yard appearing greener while the roots have a chance to grow deeper, which helps the lawn during times of drought.