Don't let living in an apartment keep you from enjoying a beautiful garden. Let me tell you how you can have a beautiful garden to relax in, on your apartment patio or balcony.

There are many patio garden design ideas and tips that you can utilize to turn your small patio into a beautiful mini-garden. Here are some great tips that you can start using right away.

1. If you can't go wide, go tall. If you have an overhang above your patio or balcony, place hooks that you can hang beautiful flowers and plants from above. Some great ones are ivy or other plants and flowers that vine. They will hang down and fill the space with peaceful greenery.

2. Stick a cool chair in the corner or the patio and place a flowerpot on it. Since you probably will not have room for a larger swing or seating arrangement, just find a small and simple place for you to enjoy your new garden.

You can't go wrong with wrought iron in your garden design, this is a great choice. You can put a couple of small wrought iron chairs with a couple of small cushions and maybe a small round table with a pot on top.

3. Another great garden design idea is some tall plant holders for the back of the patio. These will look great filled with bright flowers and greenery. You can then step down from tall to medium and short in order to have a great design and to fill in the small spaces.

4. Since most great garden design ideas include a water feature, purchase a small outdoors fountain. It can be a tiny battery operated one, it doesn't matter.It doesn't matter if it is one you plug in or just runs on batteries. You just need one that you can place in your beautiful greenery and hear the peaceful sound of trickling water.

Creating a garden for a small space is perfectly simple. You can have a beautiful garden like the person with the beautiful ranch. You no longer need to wait for that home or big yard to enjoy a beautiful garden.