Landscape The Backyard You've Always Dreamed Of
Your backyard is really your oasis away from the rest of the world, where you and your children can play and have lots of fun. Most families spend a lot of time in their backyard during spring and summer, playing, entertaining, eating and socializing with friends. Most single family homes have backyards with patios, pools or decks. Townhouses can also have decks and patios, on a smaller scale. You'll want to find backyard landscaping ideas that help you create a relaxing atmosphere. First, you'll also want to make sure that your backyard landscaping echoes your front yard landscaping. You really don't want to create too much of a difference between the front yard landscaping and backyard landscaping. You can easily echo a few treatments with the use of the same pavers or mulch. The use of similar shrubs and flowers help create a cohesiveness. When you are coming up with backyard landscaping ideas think permanence. Start with your finished goal in mind. Many homeowners get a haphazard start with their backyard landscaping and end of spending countless time, labor, and money on landscaping only to end up tearing it out a few years later to start something different. Have a plan of action before you buy anything. Start with a foundation. If you have a flat and open backyard you'll want to decide a layout design. Perhaps a patio with some gardens. A simple walking path between them. Decide what type of pavers and design you want for your patio. You may decide to have a professional do the patio, and you do the walkway. When considering trees for your backyard landscaping size is important. Remember that tree will continue to grow and what you buy at 3 feet in a container at the local home store may end up being 10 feet or 15 feet tall. Also, stay away from what we call "messy" trees. Trees that give off seeds, or pods, like Maple trees, or nuts of any kind, such as Chestnut trees, mean more clean up for you. Also you'll notice many more squirrels in your yard if you have a nut tree, and that means squirrels digging in your yard planting nuts for winter. They can really make a mess of your lawn. If you have a pool in your yard you'll want to make sure you keep your trees on the smaller side so that you can avoid having lots of leaves floating in your pool in the fall. We like the idea of evergreen trees in backyard landscaping. They are the ultimate privacy fence, as they never lose their leaves. You'll have privacy all year round. You'll never have to rake, except for the occasional clean up in the Spring around their base. Generally they are very hardy and come in many different varieties. |
