Exploring Landscape Setups

Exploring Landscape Setups

3 Tips To Help You Design The Perfect Yard

by Tanya Green

Many homeowners enjoy increasing their livable space by taking advantage of the outdoors. Creating an outdoor space that your family will enjoy can be challenging. Landscaping your yard properly will ensure that your outdoor space is both beautiful and functional.

Here are three tips that you can use when landscaping your yard to ensure you achieve the perfect design: 

1. Make a list of your wants and needs.

Before you can get started making changes to the soil, plants, and trees in your yard, you need to know which elements you will be incorporating into your landscape design. Start by making a list of your wants and needs.

This will allow you to see which elements your family could use to make your yard a more functional and friendly place. You might not be able to include all of your wants and needs, so mapping these out beforehand will help you determine which elements to cut from your design.

2. Pay attention to environmental conditions.

Once you have determined which elements you will be incorporating into your landscape design, you need to determine where you will place these elements in your yard. It can be beneficial to track environmental conditions like sun and wind patterns.

You don't want to place your patio in an area that receives little sunlight, and you want to ensure that your playground is located on the leeward side of your home to protect it from high winds. Tracking environmental conditions can help you better determine where you can strategically place various elements you want to include in your home's finished landscape design.

3. Take scale into consideration.

One of the easiest things that you can do to give your home's landscape a polished and professional look is to keep scale in mind when selecting foliage for your yard. You want your landscape to have some depth and variation, so choosing plants that are both short and tall will help you maintain the proper scale of your landscape design.

Use taller plants at the back of flower beds or against the foundation of buildings to help draw the eye through your complete design. This will help your yard appear larger and give your landscape a three-dimensional look that will make it more visually appealing in the future.

Designing the perfect yard can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be impossible. Make a list of your wants and needs to help you determine which elements you will include in your landscape design, let environmental factors help dictate where featured elements will be placed within your yard, and keep scale in mind as you choose foliage to give your yard a three-dimensional look.

Contact local landscape contractors for more information and assistance. 


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Exploring Landscape Setups

Hello, I am Manny Juanez. When I moved into my home, I instantly started to plan out my landscape features. I knew that I wanted a small waterfall leading to a pond for my fish. I also wanted to create a few raised beds around the sitting area by the pond. What I didn't know, however, was that the project would take a lot of manpower and a bit of professional help. My site will explore the process from grading the land to setting up the electrical components. I will also talk about building the garden beds with pavers and other found materials. The information I provide should help you create a beautiful layout in your back or front yards. Come back to my site whenever you need some inspiration.