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February 8th, 2012 — Ideas, Landscaping
One of the best ways that you can make your home look larger and more inviting is by designing your garden in a clever way so that it can serve as something of an extension to the rest of your living space. By doing this, you will be adding a significant amount of value to your home property, which is vital if you plan to sell any time soon. Do not forget that in this day and age, many home buyers are specifically looking for added features and extras that are already done for them, because this means that they will not need to do all of the work themselves.
Stunning country garden landscaping work that has been planned out well and incorporates practical and functional benefits can attract a lot of attention from prospective buyers. You can section off an area where your children can play, for example. You may consider creating privacy using fencing and plants that climb those feces. Things like this will draw a lot of positive attention to your property, which means just a little bit of focused landscaping work can really go a long way when it comes to your home and your garden.
When you are designing your country garden landscaping, it might be a good idea for you to consider implementing a patio or a deck leading out from large doors. What you are going to want to do is to create space that will allow visitors to your home to walk into the room and then immediately be drawn into the outside space that you are offering. You can also use the decking or patio space in your country garden landscape to create an outside entertaining and dining space. You may also want to consider covering this space and creating a heating and cooling system so that you can use this area all throughout the year rather than only during certain months or in certain climates.
Another idea that you may want to consider when it comes to your patio or deck space is to implement an outdoor kitchen with something like an oven or a barbecue and a sink so that this space can be used for entertainment purposes. If your home is tight and short on space, bring some of your needs outside. If your property is especially strapped for entertaining space or cooking space inside the home, for example, then why not create a cozy and enjoyable space outdoors that your family and friends can enjoy? Not only will this provide entertainment value for you now, but it will increase the value of your home should you ever decide to sell it in the future. This is a great way to really bring a country garden landscaping project to life and will compliment the flowers and plants that you add to your garden space.
Photo Credits: EMS Shane in Portland
Originally posted 2009-06-14 11:18:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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February 7th, 2012 — Ideas, Pools, Water Gardens
Most people are looking for some way that they can add class and uniqueness to their garden landscape space. Some people are simply looking for something that is visually appealing and visually stimulating while other people are looking for something that is going to appeal to their sense of beauty. Are you looking for a new way that you can incorporate life into your garden, such as by adding animals or plant life to your landscaping space? The solution for all of these unique people may be to install a garden pond. Garden ponds have a broad amount of appeal which is one of the reasons why they have become so popular through the years.
Here is a look at some of the benefits that a backyard or garden pond could bring to your outdoor space.
- To begin with, garden ponds are capable of being truly visually striking.
- A pond is also an excellent way for you to break up whatever traditional greenery is already in your garden space. The contrast that is provided by a garden pond is going to naturally draw the attention of people that visit. For this very reason, a garden pond is capable of serving as an excellent center piece for any garden space.
- Garden ponds provide plenty of visually stimulating elements including the plant life in and around the pond, the fish and other wildlife that you introduce into the pond and other related water features such as adding a fountain or a waterfall to further enhance the visual appeal of the pond. All of these things can be customized to suit your needs and to add true beauty to your garden pond design.
- Another element that is capable of benefiting your yard or garden space is the element of beautiful and soothing sound. The subtle sounds associated with trickling and rippling water truly have a soothing and calming effect on many people. If you want to spend time in your garden and like the idea of calm water, then the sounds of your garden pond and other water features will help to put you at ease, allowing you to relax more comfortably in your own special garden space.
- Another feature of garden ponds is that they are able to add new life to your garden space. Fish are a great answer here, but they are not the only answer that you have available to you. You can also add birds, insects and amphibians to your pond, or plant things that will attract them naturally. With the proper amount of research as well as planning you will be able to create your very own garden pond ecosystem.
All of these features are going to contribute to making your garden pond a very versatile addition to your garden space.
Photo Credits: jpopesku1
Originally posted 2009-10-13 03:52:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 31st, 2012 — Design, Ideas, Japense Garden, Landscaping, Outdoor Kitchen Gardens, Tropical Garden, Water Gardens
Every tree and plant that you put into the ground helps the environment and helps to heal the ozone layer. If you want to contribute to a cleaner society, you will think about greening up your landscaping. Here are some examples of landscape design ideas that you can implement in order to create a cleaner society while improving your own yard and landscape as well.
So how do you go about creating the perfect landscape design?
Landscape architects are working on a completely different scale now, and they are introducing all kinds of new opportunities for landscape and garden design including tropical gardens, water features, ponds and Japanese gardens, and now you can implement these same concepts in your own landscape as well.
Water Gardens
There are not many people that are actually interested into dry landscaping designs. Some people really appreciate having a little bit of water flowing someplace in their landscape, and this is what the water gardening concept is all about. Water gardens are primarily based on creating flowing or running water. People choose water plants such as water lilies in order to bring a level of originality to this flowing water, and they may also use fish and rocks to create an eye catching garden display.
Japanese Gardens
Japanese gardens are one of the greatest representations of the country, and they allow us to bring a little bit of Japanese culture home with us. There are a number of images and symbols that make a garden landscape into a Japanese garden including Japanese Koi fish, water flowers, bridges, waterfalls and water features and walking paths. Some architects will even create a flowing river through your landscaping space and surround the area with unique Japanese garden features.
Tropical Landscape Designs
Tropical landscapes typically consist of seasonal flowers and plants that bloom only during respective seasons. They are placed in a way where you cannot tell which are seasonal and which are not. The main attraction that you will find for tropical landscaping designs is aquatic flowers. Choosing a landscape designer that specializes in tropical landscape designs will ensure that you get the most out of this particular type of landscape. Doing it yourself is also a possibility, but it may take more work to get it right.
Outdoor Kitchen Designs
People also often opt for outdoor kitchens as they bring indoor space outdoors and create more family get together space that is fun and relaxing. Because there is so much waterproof equipment that you can purchase these days, you can create a unique outdoor entertaining space with outdoor barbecue or kitchen equipment. The possibilities really are endless when it comes to designing your own unique landscaping space.
Photo Credits: looseends
Originally posted 2009-10-06 03:45:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 19th, 2012 — Ideas, Water Gardens
If adding an outdoor fountain for your garden has not yet crossed your mind then you truly are missing out on an aesthetically pleasing and very versatile addition. Most people conjure images of giant fountains with cupids or Greek gods and/or goddesses. This is an out of date conception, garden fountains need not be like this anymore. Fountains can fill corners, liven up a walkway, be an accessory on your deck, or be the garden centerpiece.
So why would a person want to spend extra money on a garden fountain? There are quite a few reasons actually. If you really want your garden to be aesthetically pleasing, then nothing can help to do this better than an outdoor fountain. The sound of flowing water contributes greatly to a gardens sense of serenity, having a calming effect. Even if your yard is not beautiful, or you have no interest in doing the work necessary to design one, garden fountains make for an effective alternative. You can place them centrally to draw everyone’s immediate attention, or you can place them somewhere off to the side, providing a soothing periphery that will liven surroundings.
There is a wide array of different styles and materials available to you when it comes to outdoor fountains and this incredible array simply makes it even more customizable than you may ever have imagined. First and foremost you are going to want to put consideration into the size of your garden. If your yard is rather large then you are going to want to choose a rather large fountain to compliment it with, for example. If your yard or garden is smaller on the other hand then you are going to want to choose a small water feature otherwise you may end up dwarfing an already small space with a feature that is simply too large. If your yard is really, really small, then a wall fountain may be the best option because it will not take as much space up and will let you use your precious real estate for other purposes.
The other consideration that you are going to want to make pertains to the style of the fountain that you want to implement in your garden space. You are going to want to choose either an outdoor fountain based on the furniture you have, or choose the furniture based on the outdoor fountain that you have. Make sure that your fountain is compatible with your décor on an overall basis for the best possible results. This is especially going to be true when it comes to the plants that you are going to be using in order to surround your fountain. When using a ground fountain, taller is generally the better way to go with your plants.
Photo Credits: ewen and donabel
Originally posted 2009-09-24 03:31:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 16th, 2012 — Design, Gardening Tips, Ideas, Landscaping
Patios and decks are both more than capable of giving you a really wonderful place where you can host family events, family gatherings and other special types of entertainment. At the same time, it is quite possible for you to add a small patio to a special little garden area in order to create a getaway spot where you can relax and soak up the calmness and the refreshment offered by the natural surroundings of the space.
Adding a deck or a patio or making improvements to an existing deck or existing patio is something that you can do in order to increase the equity in your home, adding value to your living space.
Fountains are becoming increasingly popular as a feature that you can add to your garden landscape design. There are a number of different types of fountains that you can install for this purpose including traditional and multi-tiered options that remind us of the European villas and country estates, bringing old world charm to a modern garden for example.
There are also a number of different types of modern fountains that you can install in your garden in order to utilize natural materials like unique stones and rocks or large ceramic pottery. These types of fountains are certainly becoming increasingly popular in a variety of different types of landscaping and gardening architecture.
Another popular element that is continuing to gain popularity in many garden settings is rock gardens. Rock gardens have the unique benefit of being extremely attractive while incorporating few if any plants, meaning that these rock gardens are extremely low maintenance but still quite beautiful. They require little or no watering and little or no weeding, and in general they require close to no attention unless you want to sit around and look at their beauty. Why spend so much time tending to your garden when you can spend most of your time instead admiring how beautiful it is without having to worry about time spent on maintenance?
Another really popular type of inspiration is to emulate the concept of an English cottage garden, and many people are incorporating traits from these famous gardens in their own garden spaces. These garden types are noteworthy because they are very freeform and tend to lack any formal planning. When it comes to English cottage gardens there is not a lot of rigidity when it comes to design, but the concept instead is to simply let things grow and to see what happens. If you are looking to create a garden space that is natural, organic and un fooled around with, the English cottage garden concept is one that is well worth exploring.
Photo Credits: randomduck
Originally posted 2009-09-21 03:27:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 12th, 2012 — Design, Gardening Tips, Ideas, Landscaping
If you are really interested in upgrading as well as improving all of the landscaping that encircles and encompasses your home and your garden, but you are struggling in order to determine exactly how and exactly where you should be getting started with such a huge undertaking, then you should know that there are actually a wide variety of different places that you can begin to look when you are searching for ideas that you can draw from. You may even find yourself feeling inspired just by driving around favorite neighborhoods and looking to see what other people are doing with their landscaping.
You should stop and take pictures of the homes and the landscaping ideas that are inspiring you. You may even stop to speak to the owner to find out where they got their inspiration so that you can find similar inspiration for your own garden space. Remember that the sky is the limit when it comes to coming up with creative ideas for your own inviting home and garden space.
You may also want to consider the idea of drawing inspiration ideas from the wide variety of different magazines and books that are published on the subject of design and landscaping. These days, there are also a multitude of different resources that you are going to find available online for the purpose of designing the landscape that circles your home and embellishing this special place to meet your individual needs and desires.
Many of these online websites are even capable of providing you with simple sample landscaping design plans, pictures that offer ideas and tips from experts that will help you do these projects your own self without feeling overwhelmed. Some are even equipped to help connect you with professional landscaping companies in your area, which will help you get a feel for what kind of help and assistance you can get if you end up needing it.
Two of the more common elements that you are going to find being utilized for centerpieces in landscaping are decks and patios. These are both outdoor structures that have grown to be quite popular because of the fact that they are capable of providing a sturdy structure, and they actually add a considerable amount of function to your home, while increasing the amount of outdoor living area that you have to work with. If you have not already considered the concept of adding a patio or a deck to your outdoor space, then this is a consideration that it may benefit you to make. The reason for this is because patios and decks can add value to your family as well as to your home.
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Originally posted 2009-09-17 03:08:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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December 24th, 2011 — container gardening, Gardening Tips, Ideas, Landscaping, Raised Beds
There are several advantages to raised bed gardening. Not only is a raised bed less compact and much better for many types of plants but it’s also easier on the gardener who no longer has to reach the ground to weed and tend plants. It’s much better for many people to bend over and tend plants in a raised bed than it is to try to get on the ground to do the same. And with all the advantages of gardening in raised beds, the only disadvantages seem to be how difficult it is to build them and then take them apart later.
Fortunately, for people who really want to try gardening in a raised bed, there’s a simple solution. The M Brace eliminates all the disadvantages by making it possible for anyone to easily and quickly build a raised bed.
The M Brace is simply a corner brace for a raised bed that you set in place. They’re sold in sets of four so that you can set your braces, simply slide the wood into place and in just a few minutes you’ll have a finished raised bed. The beauty of it is that you don’t need any tools. All you need are some two by fours and the braces, and of course the dirt to fill the bed with afterwards. In fact, the most difficult part of creating a raised garden bed with the M Brace method is shoveling the dirt in when you’re done.
The ingenious design allows you to simply slide two by fours into the braces without the need for nails or screws. When you’re finished, you have a secure raised bad that looks great from the outside because of the nice design of the braces. You can get the M Brace in a variety of different die-cut designs or you can get solid ones for simplicity.
So many plants do better in raised beds because the soil is looser and the moisture drains away much easier. Having a raised bed also allows you to garden longer because the soil stays warmer, allowing for earlier planting and helping plants survive longer into the end of fall. Given all of the advantages of raised bed gardening, both for vegetable gardening and flower gardening, there’s really no reason not to try it now that it’s been made so easy.
The M Brace is available in some home and garden stores in California and other Western states but it’s also conveniently available online so that gardeners in every state can give them a try. They’re $165 for the set of 4 that you need to make one raised bed. You can make a square bed or a rectangle, with any sides up to 12 feet long. You can also take your bed apart just as quickly as you put it together if you need to move it to another part of your garden.
The M Brace is an ideal way to get a raised bed garden without the hassle and work of measuring, cutting and building one.
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Originally posted 2010-04-28 19:41:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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December 22nd, 2011 — Ideas, Landscaping, Terraces
Here are some more unique landscaping ideas for when you are dealing with unique spaces.
Landscaping for Terraces
From a secluded sitting area situated near to the master suite, to an expansive patio intended for extensive outdoor entertaining, a garden terrace is a beautiful landscaping technique capable of creating a unique harmony between your indoor living space and your outdoor living space. You can use a wide variety of different colors, patterns and materials that are capable of complimenting your overall choices in design. You can also add a much greater level of functionality to your terrace and your patio simply by integrating covered areas and other custom touches such as railing to the space to really make it yours.
Landscaping Tips for Smaller Yards
When you have a limited amount of outdoor space, that does not mean that you are going to be limited when it comes to choosing design ideas for your space. Small yards have actually become extremely common, and so there are a wide variety of different ways that you can work with a tiny amount of space in order to create a beautiful and stunning country garden. Here are some examples of what you can do when working with a smaller yard:
- You can integrate in outdoor accessories that are proportionate. A large sized garden pond may completely overpower a smaller yard, leaving a tiny amount of space for living, but what if you implemented a much smaller but still functional pond in this space instead?
- You may also want to include smaller tree varieties such as ornamental trees and fruit trees in place of larger shade trees. If you do want a specific tree variety that grows too large for your small space, what you may consider doing is container planting it, where the container would limit the root growth, limiting the growth of the tree to a size that you can handle.
- There are certain colors that you can choose in your landscaping elements that will make your overall yard appear as if it were larger. Using bright and open colors is a great way to make your landscape seem as if it is much larger than it actually is.
- There are also certain textures that you can implement in order to create a better feeling of space and openness.
- You can also opt for slender types of fencing that creates an open sort of feeling rather than a claustrophobic one.
- Finally, you can choose plants that grow in a vertical manner rather than a horizontal one in order to add more dimension to your small space. Examples include vines and climbing plants.
Implement a few or all of these techniques in combination in order to create your own functional country garden landscape no matter how large or how small the space is that you have to work with.
Photo Credits: Neosnaps
Originally posted 2009-08-27 03:37:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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December 15th, 2011 — Hilly Terain, Ideas, Landscaping
Not every landscaping idea is going to be ideal for every type of landscape or yard. Some yards, in fact, are going to require quite a bit of planning and adjustment just to get the right look because they are unique in some special way. Whether you are working with a difficult grade or a limited amount of space, there are actually a number of different tips for landscaping and unique landscaping ideas that can help you to make the absolute most out of the outdoor space that you have to work with.
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Walls are capable of being used for a myriad of different purposes including for privacy, for protection, for seating or simply to add a little beauty to your space. You can implement varying heights depending on the purpose of the wall, as well as curves and angles in order to suit the style of your garden, making these hardscape style features an excellent addition no matter what type of landscape design you are dealing with. Walls can be made out of bricks, stones and a variety of other materials as well, meaning that you can find the material that is going to compliment the remainder of your outdoor space design, allowing your landscape design and your home design to blend in with each other in order to create the perfect country garden landscape design.
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Retaining walls are definitely a unique garden wall design, as they are designed specifically to offset slopes while enhancing the curb appeal for your landscape. Just like most other non-living hardscape design elements, the planning and the construction for a retaining wall is going to require that you put special attention into detail and accuracy. There are a number of issues that need to be addressed including drainage, erosion and any other issues that the retaining wall needs to take care of. Landscape designers are generally more than capable of creating and building retaining walls for your landscape that will look great and be functional as well.
Slopes and Grades in your Landscape -
Retaining walls are great for hillside garden areas, but they are only one of many techniques that are available to you. You can easily work slopes and grades into your landscape space when you utilize the right type of landscaping. You need to make sure that you are utilizing the right irrigation and drainage systems to maintain your rock gardens, wild flower gardens, functional decks and natural areas utilizing unique types of ground covers for the best possible results.
Utilizing the proper landscape design elements for your unique space is vitally important. When you really take the time to find the landscape elements that will work with your unique space, that is when you can truly get the most out of the space that you have.
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Originally posted 2009-08-20 03:30:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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December 2nd, 2011 — Ideas, Water Gardens
There are so many different sizes, styles and types of outdoor fountains that are available these days, you should have absolutely no difficulty finding one that is going to suit your garden, no matter how large or how unique your garden actually is. The sights and the sounds associated with falling water are regarded as being soothing, and therefore they are quite capable of enhancing the feel and the ambiance within your garden. If you have a backyard area that is large and spacious, then you may want to look into what freestanding water fountains have to offer. There are also plenty of other options including some that attach to walls and other smaller models that fit on patios, tables, ledges and more.
Depending on the theme that you are attempting to create, you can even create your own special outdoor fountains and water features simply by using natural materials. You may want to create a space where birds can gather to drink, for example, and this is a completely obtainable goal. You may even consider recreating an old fashioned country garden scene in your garden, using materials like old barrel troughs with old fashioned pumps, whiskey barrels and other antique materials can be used to create the country garden feeling in your garden space. You can use a few barrels to create a small trickling waterfall, with water dripping from larger barrel to smaller and smaller again in a unique fashion.
If you have a water feature already on your property, some types of fountains can be added to make a bigger water element out of a smaller one. This is a great way to expand upon a pond or a waterfall by expanding on the water elements that already exist. You could even tuck fountains into beds of flowers, or even plant flowers that climb around the fountain so that they grow up and around the natural materials to create an even more natural appearance. Many fountains are made out of precast concrete, which is not all that pretty, but there is a lot that you can do with a plain water fountain or water fall to dress it up, make it your own and help it fit in with the design of your garden, no matter what theme your garden follows.
If you want to avoid having your fountain appear out of place, try to replicate the natural look of your garden and your region as closely as you possibly can. You can choose natural looking stone fountains, or build your own for this purpose. You can build your own fountain, water fall or other water feature to suit your space and it may fit in more than if you were simply going to buy a pre cast concrete fountain, as these are not unique, not natural looking, and often appear completely out of place unless they are decorated well to look natural, which costs more in the long run unless you do it yourself.
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Originally posted 2009-08-07 05:17:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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