You can start small to see what you can do on your own, or you can always ask someone for help. You can find many contractors who work in home improvement stores who specialize in gardening. You can find them where you might suspect; in the garden section, working part time, or they may have left their business cards on a bulletin board there.

If someone is not there that can help you with the basics of garden designs, you can ask when someone might be in that knows what they are doing so you know when to go back. They may even have some gardening classes that you can attend, and these are normally free or low cost.

If you want to tackle garden designs without any outside help, but you are really coming up empty when thinking about what you want to do, you can always find ideas in many other places:

1) You can find some great ideas by doing an image search for gardens on the Internet

2) You can look through gardening library books and magazines for new ideas; use some of the ideas you find to make up your very own garden designs. You will have something that is all your own if you mix and match, and then add some things that are special to you.

3) After your first round, you may find you have enough info combined with ideas of your own, so you won't need to go elsewhere. If not, ask relatives, neighbors and friends for advice and tips.

The bottom line is this, gardening is something that many do for a love of nature and for a chance to relax. Some do a little, and are happy with that, but others take it much more seriously. They may come up with amazing garden designs that would take your breath away. Those are always a lot of fun to view, and can be even more fun to grow. It might be compared to putting together a very complicated puzzle and hoping everything comes out just right.

If you want to put together your own garden designs for your home improvement projects, you should think a lot about your skill and knowledge of plants. You want to think about color and design, but you also have to think about caring for the various plants that you choose. Some are harder than others to care for, and that can be problematic for those who don't have a lot of time to mess with hard to care for plants. If you are pretty sure you have the time and the talent, go ahead and see what you can do on your own.