Landscape design
Designing Outdoor Environments for Children: Landscaping School Yards, Gardens and Playgrounds
Array (Hardcover) McGraw-Hill Professional 2006-06-08
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Lola has the right idea, home centers also sell fake rocks that go right over them.
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Any help on internet or any site i can look at or yard pics so i can get an idea of what to do an the plants to get ...thanks..im wantin a little pond and gazebo and along my house to be planted with something ..so help please...
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Try this design trick. Stand at the places where you will be viewing the area (ie the kitchen window, your patio, the approach or front of your house), and take panoramic photos. You can accomplish this by overlapping the photos and taping them together on the back. If your camera is auto focus, focus on the center of the focal area, push the button down 1/2 way, move to the next shot, then push the button the rest of the way. This will keep the focus from changing in each view. You can draw on your photos with dry-erase markers and wipe off. Try different shapes for shrubs and trees and bed lines, draw in the other features you want. Once you have the shapes you want, and an account of the sun exposure, take the info and photos to a garden center to match them to the plants. Good luck!
I see a lot of books on designing large gardens, but we live in California and have a very small back yard that we'd like to liven up (right now it's just mulch). Is it worth hiring a contractor? Is there good landscape design software we could use to help do it on our own?
HGTV offers an online tutorial.
If you are cramped for space. I'd plant vertically...Tall, skinny shrubs, climbing plants, hang baskets from fence, house, etc. Save all the ground space you have for you to move around in and enjoy. Potted plants offer lots of versatility. If you get tired of where they are or need that space later, just move them.
P.S. Keep the mulch away from the foundation of the house. It give bugs easier access to basements and crawlspaces.
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My home was just waterproofed and all landscape plants had to be removed in the process. I want to start planting but would like to get a professional plan. My house value is only about $125,000. I plan to sell in 2 yrs and I think a nice yard with help with that process but am not sure if I can afford to have a design only drawn up ( I would purchase plants and do the work myself.) I just want a plan for the front of the house.
the answer is anything from a few hundred dollars to thousands.
You can find some nice design ideas online but I also believe most garden centres would do a basic design for you and not charge much if you then bought the products from them.
Be honest about what you are wanting and I am, sure you will have great success.t
Better Homes and Garden website has one - bhg.com.
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How To Design The Front Yard Landscaping Of Your Dreams
In this article we’ll discuss some basic concepts of front yard landscaping , and you’ll find them useful if you have lots of experience or are a complete rookie. The key is always to keep it simple, plan and design beforehand and devote time to maintain your yard.
The main idea to keep in mind is to make your design work during all seasons of the year. If you plan ahead so to make it beautiful through the year, it won’t be hard to maintain and your front yard will be interesting as well as varied.
When creating a flowerbed is a good idea to put the highest ones in the back and go down as you move to the front. If you can achieve this, your flowers will catch much more attention, and it will be easier and faster to keep. Combine colors and shapes before planting. You can even combine them so that there are flowers that bloom in different times of the year.
A safe way to make your yard landscaping easy to maintain is to use evergreen plants and trees or shrubs. This will provide a basic layout all year round where to base the rest of your landscaping design. Evergreens are easy to maintain, especially shrubs, and they will make your yard interesting even in winter.
...Landscaping Front Yards
Andscaping front yards have special planning considerations.
No matter the size of your front yard or the reasons behind wanting or in some cases NEEDING to landscape, front yards usually have different planning requirements than other, more private areas of your garden.
First, the front yard is typically more open, making it easier for visitors to find their way to your front door. You must also consider that landscaping front yard designs should incorporate certain safety factors, guarding against intruders.
The style you choose may be a factor as well. For example, if you have a large front yard in the cottage garden style, this may affect access adversely, both for guests and intruders. A more open plan may be a better choice, but this doesn’t preclude using privacy screens or shrubbery to achieve both objectives of privacy, safety and good looks.
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