Creating A Lush and Welcoming Landscape

When it comes to landscaping your yard, there are many elements that you can pick from to transform your yard into what you want. However, the design that you choose for your yard should match your personal preferences for what you want in an outdoor space, and it should be easy to maintain. The following provides you with some tips to help you install your landscaping design elements for a great-looking yard.

Evaluate Your Space

The yard surrounding your home should be a place where you can enjoy the outdoors and take advantage of the different elements that are present in the space. The amount of direct sunlight that your yard gets or the amount of shade during the late afternoon, as examples, can all affect how you should plan out the placement of a seating area or a vegetable garden.

If you plan to plant any trees in your yard, look at the direction they will cast shade throughout the day. If your backyard is on the southern side of your home, for example, you may want to plant trees on the southern side of your yard or along the western edge to additionally help block the hot afternoon summer sun. However, if you want to plant a garden plot for vegetables, make sure the space is not going to be in a great deal of shade in the afternoon so your plants can receive the right amount of sunlight that they need. Avoid placing any trees on the southern and western sides of your garden space.

Add the Right Details

When you are deciding which landscaping details you want to add to your yard, use the landscaping vegetation and hardscape that will best benefit the space. For example, fill in a large area of bare soil with a fast-growing ground covering or grass to help control erosion and weed growth. Then, if you are planning to add in some gravel or decorative rock, it is recommended to first lay down a covering of landscape fabric as the base. Landscape fabric helps control weed growth up through your rock covering and also keeps the soil from moving up into the gravel.

For a landscaping bed design, space out various sizes of vegetation according to their height to give a more visually pleasing appearance. For example, place the larger vegetation, like trees and tall shrubs, in the back and then medium-height vegetation in front of the taller pieces. In the front, place short plants and flowers that will not block the vegetation set further back.

Contact a landscaping contractor to learn more.