How to create a garden getaway to feel like you’re on holiday

Choosing a staycation? You can still capture a feel of the tropics in your garden with plants and accessories 

Use soft lighting to extend the evening. Picture: iStock

While many of us may be staycationing this year, there are ways to create a holiday haven in our gardens using plants and decor that mimic a host of exotic destinations.

Some exotic gardens, for example, house not only tropical-looking pineapple plants, striking palms and giant banana trees which flourish in summer, but shows what will survive the winter.