raised garden beds
a fire pit
rocks and decks
may be part of your
basic-landscaping-plans
Years ago I was making basic-landscaping-plans for our first home.
I purchased several landscaping books which I studied the various flowers and designs for garden landscaping.
English type garden landscaping has always been a favorite of mine, but I have never lived in one place long enough to actually see the landscapes mature.
We often go back and look at the 6 homes we have left behind finding that we still like the designs we established at each home. Most of the buyers of our homes fell in love with the landscaping, I can think of only one home that the landscaping has changed and that was because the people didn't like rock gardens. All the rest have matured and are beautifully landscaped homes now.This is our 6th home and as you might imagine, I have been developing my ideas more and more. In the meantime, 3 of our sons have gone into landscaping and they did the plans and designs of this home's landscaping. Planning your landscaping What are your likes? Do you want a huge yard, or a small postage size yard to maintain? To begin with, you have to make a few decisions before making your landscape plans. Your area of the country will determine what you can grow What kinds of trees are you going to grow? Will you start them from twigs, or from well established trees? Are you partial to a color scheme? How are you going to irrigate? Are you having a deck? or ground level patio? A wise avid gardener once told me not to plant a bunch of annuals in the front yard. By planting the re-occuring plants (perennials) that flower at specific times in the year, you can have color continuously through the year. She suggested we should save the annuals for a spot of color here and there in the “back yard garden”.
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....Raised garden beds
....Building a fire pit
.... Using rocks for features in landscaping
....General Landscaping
....Deck landscaping
SEE ALSO
...flower garden ideas
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