Maximize Your Yard Space
Nothing can improve your home's curb appeal like perfectly curated and well-maintained landscaping. Furthermore, a beautifully landscaped backyard is inviting and more likely to be enjoyed than a backyard that looks drab; just picture yourself enjoying a backyard barbecue surrounded by family and friends along with the inviting vibrance of picture-perfect landscaping.
Besides adding beauty to your yard, landscaping is environmentally friendly, sets the stage for outdoor entertaining, and is an investment in the value of your home. Take a look at some of the wonderful ways you can maximize your yard with updated landscaping.
Carve out garden beds with hardscaping
The best way to start any new landscaping project is by mapping out garden bed placements. Decide where you'd like to add beds with the help of landscaping professionals such as Amato's Nursery and Landscaping. Professionals look at shade, soil, water conditions, and yard aspect to decide the best place for plantings and where to put hardscaping. Hard surfaces can be used to create "shortcut" paths through gardens, to create accents, and to divide garden rooms.
Consider structural landscaping that will thrive all year long
There's nothing worse than dried-out and browning landscaping during the off-season months. Selecting shrubs, trees, and the like that will uphold their integrity in shape and color all year long will ensure that your yard always looks fresh. The experts at RL Landscaping can help you select perennials that will come back year after year.
Choose landscaping lights
You can also work with a landscaper to find ways to emphasize your garden at night. The right lighting can create safe paths for walking in the dark, highlight vertical garden features at night, and border outdoor eating areas to make them inviting during evening meals. Attach your lights to your smart home so that they automatically turn on at dusk.
Maintain landscaping for improved longevity
After investing in landscaping, be sure to take the necessary measures to maintain it year after year. Routine pruning, fertilizing, mulching, and testing the soil are just a few of the ways to ensure your landscaping's health. However, one of the most important ways to care for your landscaping is through recommended watering. Leave your irrigation needs to professionals like Garden Irrigation. Irrigation specialists can install sprinklers that will take the time and guesswork out of maintaining your landscaping. Proper irrigation allows you to customize zones, water output, and the timing of watering your plants. This can help you to use less water for the same result.
A landscaper can also help you to choose low-maintenance plants that require little to no irrigation in order to thrive. If you live in the western U.S., where summer climates are dry, for example, this allows you to maintain a beautiful garden without the need for watering. If you have areas of your yard that hold water, they can recommend plants that survive in wetland climates and look beautiful. You can also ask a landscaper to recommend wildlife-friendly plants that encourage the birds you love or wildlife-deterrent plants that keep pests away from your yard.
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