My Yard Needs Help But I Need Low Cost Landscaping Ideas
Do you have the same dilemma that I have, your home landscaping needs more pizazz in order for your home to have increased curb appeal? Home landscaping will not simply involve sticking plants into your lackluster front or back yard to make it look green. If you are truly going to have the curb appeal that you require, you must plan and actually design your landscaping to achieve this desire.
You have the option to hire a landscape design engineer to draw up the ultimate landscaping plan. While this really is the ultimate idea, it is really expensive, and does not always fulfill your design plans. There are many landscaping plans on the internet, one that I have used comes as a CD and has won the Home Design €Readers Choice€ award in 2011. See the link below for the product that I use.
Here are some do-it-yourself tips to do low cost landscaping:
1) First you will need to clear the overall area that you will be designing and start from scratch. This will provide you a better €canvas' to work with.
2) Now make a sketch of the overall look that you would like to have included in your landscaping plan or backyard garden.
3) Create a list of plants, trees, and shrubs that you want to plant. The plants that you want to add to your garden or front yard should work well with the climate in your geographic area and you should take into consideration the seasons. You want to have a mixture of plants that bloom at different times or seasons throughout the year, winter, spring, summer, and fall. For example, perennial flowers will bloom in May, but after that it will simply look like an ordinary plant. By having a plant that blooms in a very different season you would make your garden have a focal point even when other plant varieties are not in season.
4) Create a plan that encompasses a layered bed. At the back row of your garden plan, have plants that grow tall, so you have a base for your plan. In your design have plants that descend in height to the smallest type of plant in the front.
5) Your plan should have irrigation or sprinkler systems incorporated in the plan from the start. There are economical ways to install a sprinkler system; you can consider rain birds, which cover a wider area then more zonal sprinklers do. I actually use the irrigation style of sprinklers in my garden so specific plants are watered and I can control how much water each zone or plant will get. Some plants need more water than other plants.
6) In your initial plan you should include garden patios, furniture, gazebos, perhaps a barbeque area. You add this to your initial plan so you can design the irrigation system to not hit these areas, thus saving water and not damaging outdoor furniture.
7) I absolutely love the calming effect of a water-fall or bird bath. These are awesome low cost attractions for your landscaped garden and can add a focal point to your design.
You can vary the look of your landscaping plan with these low cost ideas. By following these tips you will save money but it will take advanced planning and a small amount of creativity. Imagine when you look out your window and you see the landscaped lawn and garden that you designed and built yourself, what a great feeling that will be. Or conversely, when your neighbors compliment you on the way your front yard and landscaping turned out, now that is the definition of curb appeal.
You have the option to hire a landscape design engineer to draw up the ultimate landscaping plan. While this really is the ultimate idea, it is really expensive, and does not always fulfill your design plans. There are many landscaping plans on the internet, one that I have used comes as a CD and has won the Home Design €Readers Choice€ award in 2011. See the link below for the product that I use.
Here are some do-it-yourself tips to do low cost landscaping:
1) First you will need to clear the overall area that you will be designing and start from scratch. This will provide you a better €canvas' to work with.
2) Now make a sketch of the overall look that you would like to have included in your landscaping plan or backyard garden.
3) Create a list of plants, trees, and shrubs that you want to plant. The plants that you want to add to your garden or front yard should work well with the climate in your geographic area and you should take into consideration the seasons. You want to have a mixture of plants that bloom at different times or seasons throughout the year, winter, spring, summer, and fall. For example, perennial flowers will bloom in May, but after that it will simply look like an ordinary plant. By having a plant that blooms in a very different season you would make your garden have a focal point even when other plant varieties are not in season.
4) Create a plan that encompasses a layered bed. At the back row of your garden plan, have plants that grow tall, so you have a base for your plan. In your design have plants that descend in height to the smallest type of plant in the front.
5) Your plan should have irrigation or sprinkler systems incorporated in the plan from the start. There are economical ways to install a sprinkler system; you can consider rain birds, which cover a wider area then more zonal sprinklers do. I actually use the irrigation style of sprinklers in my garden so specific plants are watered and I can control how much water each zone or plant will get. Some plants need more water than other plants.
6) In your initial plan you should include garden patios, furniture, gazebos, perhaps a barbeque area. You add this to your initial plan so you can design the irrigation system to not hit these areas, thus saving water and not damaging outdoor furniture.
7) I absolutely love the calming effect of a water-fall or bird bath. These are awesome low cost attractions for your landscaped garden and can add a focal point to your design.
You can vary the look of your landscaping plan with these low cost ideas. By following these tips you will save money but it will take advanced planning and a small amount of creativity. Imagine when you look out your window and you see the landscaped lawn and garden that you designed and built yourself, what a great feeling that will be. Or conversely, when your neighbors compliment you on the way your front yard and landscaping turned out, now that is the definition of curb appeal.
