landscape-design-plansmay include a hot tub, backyard patios, and fencing
After careful thought and planning you can start creating landscape-design-plans that reflect your desired wishes. Start by creating a site plan, or a birds eye view of your property. Try to keep it to scale, graph paper works great for this. after showing property boundaries show the shape of the home and concrete areas as related to the property.
Be sure to identify entries and patio areas. more time will be spent here so special attention should be given to the landscape design in these areas. A courtyard is a nice feature for a front entry.
Courtyard design plan
Finished courtyard
Next, consider any areas that will need to be fenced,on the landscape-design-plans and think about what you will need to bring into those areas. Maybe you need to get the riding mower into the back yard. You'll want to get a gate that's wide enough.
When I'm designing a plant layout, I always start with the big stuff. Trees and large shrubs will not only add color to the landscape but they also will do other jobs in the yard. The trees will create shade and depending on the positioning of the sun at the different times of the year, that shade will move around the yard. You'll want to think about where the sun will be hottest at your house and create some shade there. On the flip side, try not to block the winter sunshine. The south side of the home is no place for evergreen trees, in they will block the winter sunshine from warming the home.
I use large bushes to soften the big blank walls of a home and also as cornerstone plants. You'll need to know just how big these plants will get. Try to use a variety of plants, and your yard will be more interesting.
After you decide where the big stuff goes,You'll look at the entries and access points in the yard. These spots are where I use low growing and perennial flowers. I like to use boulders to create contrast to these flowering perennials. Depending on which style of landscaping you are going for, you could fill in the gaps between big and short plants with medium height stuff, or if it's a southwest design there would only be one medium sized plant, but a lot of the same principles apply to all styles of landscaping.
Adding boulders to the landscape-design-plans brings dimension because you have another texture in the mix. Landscaping with some decorative boulders mixed in, in my book is much more attractive. You'll get the best results when the boulders match the house color.
You can color your sketch to help you see potential ordinary spots that could use some livening up. For flowering bushes and trees, color them the color of the blossoms that they produce. By sketching out your ideas, you'll be able to get a better idea of the project you have ahead of yourself. Plus, you'll be able to price out the items that you'll need to complete the project. How many projects get started and then only get completed half way because of lack of funding? Knowing how much money is necessary for the project, will ensure that you can finish it. Try to determine exactly what you want, where it will go and how much it will cost, then there will be no surprises.
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