Best Way To Landscape Around Your New Home

When it comes to your home and landscape design, there are many options to choose from to fit your lifestyle and taste. Landscaping is a home upgrade that increases the house's curb appeal and can be done on a small or large scale, depending on your budget. Here are some of the ideas for landscaping around your new home.

Home Upgrade: Landscaping

Maintenance. Use low-maintenance landscaping. Selecting the right plants for your region (i.e., dry, hot, temperate) and the different spaces of your yard (sunny, shady) makes it easier to keep the landscape growing.

Lighting. Highlight your custom home with landscape lights. Day or night, your landscape design should always look great, enhancing your home's look.

Plant trees. Select a variety of trees to highlight areas giving your landscape a warm and lively look - tall shade trees for sitting areas, smaller blooming trees for a pop of color in the corners.

Water feature. The subtle sound of flowing water adds a sense of peace and calm to an area. Water can also attract fauna to your yard. A water feature coupled with plants and trees makes the design serene.

Outdoor living space. Include cooking and seating areas in your design. A firepit can be an excellent focal point—an outdoor space to gather with friends and family.

Healthy lawn. The first step for a great lawn is to choose suitable grass for the climate in your region. If you go for a natural yard, make sure it is trimmed and clean all the time. Water as needed to keep it lively.

Irrigation system. Keep everything living and looking great by watering on a schedule and the best way to do that is to install an irrigation system. Today's systems can be linked to the internet and only water when there is a lack of rain.

Hire a landscaping company. Sometimes you have so much going on that your lawn gets out of shape. Just like a healthy person requires eating healthy and exercising, let a lawn care company take care of your lawn by trimming it when necessary, patching dents in the lawn, maintaining the irrigation system, and much more.

Landscaping Designs

Landscaping is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to brighten up your home and increase its curb appeal. Landscaping can increase the value of your custom home. With so many options available, take your time and think about how you want your ideal front, side, and backyard to look before you start planning and preparations.

If you are considering growing plants, go for plants native to where you live to make it easier to keep them thriving without special treatment. Native plants look so much better as they blend in naturally with the surrounding areas.

Take a tour around town and take photos of the plants you like most before you meet with your professional landscaper.

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