Landscaping is usually a pretty big task, consume a lot of time and energy. But before you hire that professional, here are some tips that will save both time and money.
1. spend some time thinking about exactly how you want the final draft. You should take into account the style and function of your landscape. Do you want to include an area for entertaining? A barbecue? There Is a space for children to play, a fish pond or a pool? An idea of the plants you want to be there also will help. Focus on the area where you spend most of your time. That is a good place to start.
2. think twice before hiring a pro. An independent designer can cost you hundreds of dollars when you may be able to access free plans on the internet or at a nursery. But do you have a difficult block like very steep land, a pro can give you the expertise to save expensive errors.
3. the style of your home, must be taken into account. Do you have a rural holiday home, looks out of place formal gardens around it. Also think of your lifestyle. Would you care for many hours beds of annuals or pruning beds of roses? If so, go ahead and plant them, but if you prefer to spend your free time on the beach, go for a maintenance-friendly garden and landscape.
Here are the different landscape styles that you can choose for your own garden:
a. formal. This style uses a lot of straight lines and perfect geometric shapes. Orderly arrangement of plants instead of random positioning is used. Close control and pruning is seen on many landscaped gardens with this style.
b. informal. This kind of workds well with cosy/b & b landscape architecture. Beds with curved edges instead of straight lines and random placement of plants apply these landscape style.
c. English garden. This style emphasizes the harmony between the House of the architecture and the garden.
d. formal/informal garden. This style is often supplied with a brick-hiking trail that formality radiates. This walkway leads to the back with a circle of plants. The arrangement of plants similar to the English garden style, but has no formal boundaries.
e. Oriental. It is often the kind of garden found in small courtyards. It uses rocks, evergreens and water. A wide variety of plants make several interesting angles with this style.
f. woodland. This landscape architecture fits a House with a wooded backyard and the sloping ground.
