Everyone with a garden in his/her front yard or backyard strives to make it beautiful and functional. You only need to remember that the front yard is the first thing a visitor sees before getting to the house. Most people who have tried landscaping by themselves can attest that it is not a simple task to perform. Therefore, some professionals specialize in landscape design in Canada and create the garden according to the client’s preference.
Landscaping and Landscape Design
Landscape design refers to the process of changing the way a particular natural environment looks and incorporating additional features to improve the appearance. It may involve planting trees, flowers, and plants, creating gardens beds, paving and inclusion of other structures such as patios and gazebos. Landscape design involves the use of art and culture in increasing the attractiveness of a place. The landscape designers use the vegetation, climate, water, landforms, and structures present to achieve a beautiful space.
Landscaping without the Help of a Professional
Not everyone in Canada would afford a landscape designer. The guidelines below will direct anyone on how to achieve that attractive yet functional look in their yard.
1. Arrange for the equipment.
Landscape design requires items such as stump grinders, mowers, pavers, gloves, plants/flowers, mulch, hoe, fertilizers, trowel, and soil among others. Enough supply of these items would speed up the work while at the same time avoiding inconveniences involved like tearing up the existing plants.
2. Go for the informal/asymmetrical landscape
A formal landscape requires being symmetrical and balanced. It is challenging to achieve one due to lack of professional skills. However, that does not mean you cannot achieve the best look using affordable trees and shrubs. If one of the identical trees succumbs to a plague and dies in the formal type of landscaping, then a landscape designer has to replace it with the same identical one.
3. Check on the curves and the focal points.
Landscape designers mostly use trees and shrubs as the focal point. However, other items would serve as excellent focal points as long as they are not of the same color and texture as the other landscape features.
4. Follow the key elements in landscaping to give an excellent look to space
The four landscape design elements include balance, diversity/variety, proportionality, and unity. A well-designed landscape should have all the four key elements, which make the whole space an eye-candy to everyone watching.
A well-designed landscape requires prior planning to determine the shape and the outcome that one wants for their space. Before landscaping ensure you determine the main activity that takes place in the space which may include relaxation, playing with the children, growing flowers and vegetables or just for the entertainment. Getting to know what you want as well as getting the full dimensions of the landscape helps in making concrete decisions. The Royal Decks blog may provide additional insights if you need more information.