The most important step in planting a new flower bed is to visualize the future. While your bed might not look like much when it's first planted, remember that in a few months it will be much fuller, taller, and more colorful. The key is anticipating the heights, colors, textures, and...
In the above design by Kate Gould as a sloped backyard idea formal elegance and the change of levels with hard landscaping increases the feeling of space in a small garden by adding depth while the structural and low maintenance planting looks elegant even in winter. The natural stone paving ...
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Design the outer edge of the yard to accommodate a flower bed or planter. Keep the yard from looking too uniform by creating a scalloped edging around a curb, wall or driveway and adding in a variety of plants with different colors and heights. To increase height in the landscape, add a...
One good strategy for prevention is to use abarrier between beds and the lawn. Landscaping bricks or plastic barriers that you sink a few inches into the ground can really help keep grass at bay. Keep an eye on the edges and pull any grass you see creeping its way into the bed. ...
If your favorite flowers include a lot of red, you could design a warm flower bed. The analogous colors are hot pink and orange. The complementary color is turquoise. Use white flowers or black leaves to tone down the heat in this garden, along with the green foliage which provides a res...
Good landscape design can be fun and rewarding with a little prior planning. Consider the shape and size of your property, any hardscape needs, how to do it, and your own personal style to make it reflect your taste. Read here for ideas.
5. Try using door hangers to market your landscaping services. First, make sure your door hanger design is eye-catching and easy to read. Then, the next time you perform a lawn care service in a neighborhood where landscaping is in the homeowners’ budgets, leave door hangers at the houses...
Not only is a dry creek bed an effective drainage solution, but it can also be an attractive hardscape landscaping feature that needs little maintenance. Best of all, you get to decide exactly how it looks, design the path of the creek, and choose and place all of the boulders and stones...
This design will provide you with a financially reasonable and technically easy way to get beds together quickly for any sized space. It offers a better amount of bed depth than most plans I see, and requires very few tools.