26 GARDEN PLANNING 



In plots of more irregular shape the question 

 must be settled according to circumstances. 



From the foregoing it will be seen how inti- 

 mately the position of the house in relation 

 to the shape and size of the plot is bound up 

 with the garden plan. 



It is not unusual for house builders to defer 

 consideration of the garden until the architect 

 and builder have completed their work. The 

 garden designer is then called in, and has to 

 make the best of those spaces which are left 

 to him. A wiser course is to bring architect 

 and garden designer together in the first in- 

 stance, so that they may exchange notes, and 

 each work out his plan in accordance with 

 such decisions as they may mutually agree 

 upon. Such a course is eminently to the advan- 

 tage of the owner of the site, who thereby 

 secures a consistent design for house and 

 garden. A thorough understanding between 

 the two craftsmen lightens the task of both, 

 and precludes an incongruous result. 



A further point is the question of outlay to 

 be made on the garden. This is usually as- 

 sumed to be so small an item in the total 

 outlay that it is left out of consideration 



