The Country Garden Touch

butterflyAre you trying to create the unique touch of a country garden in your own garden space? Do you want your backyard to emanate that country landscaping touch? You can absolutely have exactly what you are looking for in a country garden, and no, it does not require you to hire an expensive landscaper in the process. All it takes is some basic do it yourself landscaping tips and you can create the landscape or garden space that you have always been dreaming about.

First and foremost, when you are planning out your garden space with a country theme, you are going to want to consider natural elements. The best way to add a perfect country touch to your landscape or garden is to add in natural elements as often as you possibly can. For example, you should consider adding rocks, pebbles and boulders, stone walls, waterfalls and other water elements and other natural elements that allow you to bring the beauty of the world into your small garden space. Using these items is really easy, and they add character to the backyard that you are trying to plan. You can make your small backyard look like a huge expansive country garden just by adding the right touches and the right features. Create a flowerbed with pebbles mixed into the mulch or add flat rocks to create a walking path that winds through your garden space.

Something else that you may want to consider adding in order to bring more natural elements into your country garden landscaping space is to add climbing vines. This is a great country landscaping touch that you can bring into your own personal garden space. Climbing vines can easily be acquired in a number of different colors depending on the type of plant. Choose perennial vines so that you have flowers returning constantly and beautiful vines growing throughout the year rather than during only certain months. Some of the best types of perennial vines are glory vine, bittersweet and clematis for example. You may also try passion flower and Japanese creeper. Make sure that you have a support system set up for your climbing vines so that they can flourish. You can use arbors, trellises and wires for example.

Another good DIY landscaping tip is to avoid wood frames for your vines if they have aerial roots because the vines can cause wood rot, destroying the beautiful look of your garden.

Want to add some beauty to your beautiful country garden landscape? Attract butterflies using bright flowers capable of producing nectar such as butterfly bush, purple coneflower, cornflower, alyssum, heliotrope, salvia, larkspur, zinnia and sunflower. Butterflies will add to the beauty of your garden, making it your own personal space. Attracting them is easy when you have the right flowers in your country garden space, and they add a lot of life and beauty to the space around you.

Photo Credits: aussiegall

Originally posted 2009-08-05 05:12:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Waterfalls in the Modern Country Garden Landscape

waterfallsLandscape waterfalls are capable of being added in order to create flow into your pond, your water garden or your pool. Landscape waterfalls are also capable of being freestanding or even fountain like. Landscape waterfalls are capable of being made from concrete, fiberglass, stone or even existing water features on your property. What this means is that you have a wealth of different opportunities for creating water features in your country garden landscaping space. If you do not already have a stream or a pond on your property, do not worry as waterfalls are still capable of being designed with a kit or from scratch.

Depending on the width and the height for the waterfall, country garden landscape waterfalls are capable of creating different sounds as well as different sensory effects. Larger boulders and stones are capable of creating narrower and splashier water falls, while flat flagstones are going to create wider water falls that are sheet like in nature. You can create splashy sounds, flowing sounds, splashy waterfalls, gentle waterfalls and pretty much anything that you like. No matter what you end up choosing, water falls in your country garden landscape are going to add a sense of spirituality, serenity, class and true beauty to your outdoor space.

Some people believe that it is the beauty of the water falls and their soothing water sound that make waterfalls so vitally important to a modern country garden landscape space. Other people believe that it is the negative ions that positively affect the serotonin levels in our brains, promoting a complete elevation of our mood, our health and our energy level. Water makes is feel good, no matter how you look at it, and what that means is that installing waterfalls in the modern country garden landscape is a wise avenue to pursue.

Waterfalls, just as with the ocean and with flowing rivers, are some of the best sources of the negative ions that boost our moods. Their motion is capable of disturbing the molecules of water, allowing the electrons to become displaced, and the negative ions result from the spare electron trying to find another oxygen molecule to bond with. In other words, adding waterfalls to your space is a great thing to do, not only for the aesthetic beauty and value but also for a lift to your mood.

No matter what your country garden landscape space is like, it can benefit from a waterfall. There are large waterfalls and small ones, tall ones and short ones, portable ones and permanent ones. No matter what you plan to do with your garden space, you will benefit from installing a waterfall of your very own and all of the myriad of benefits that are associated with having running water in your space, regardless of whether or not you believe in the negative ions that are charging up your mood.

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Originally posted 2009-07-27 05:48:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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