Having a good landscape design for your home will help you to plan the best use of plant material for your site. It will also save you money in the long run since you won’t have to replace plants that are in the wrong place.

You may choose to design your own or hire a professional designer. Whichever you choose, keep these design elements in mind.

  • Be sure your whole garden is accessible.
  • Have the right growing conditions. This includes choosing the correct plants for your zone to having good soil for them to grow in.

Be Sure Your Whole Garden is Accessible

 Being sure your garden is accessible will make it easier to maintain. Consider whether or not you are going to need to get wheelbarrows, tractors, or even bulldozers through to that area, or another area, of your yard. If you are, make the area wide enough to handle this equipment.

When working in your garden, you should be able to reach the stems and branches of your plants without stepping on the soil. Soil is much happier when it is not compacted.

In order to accomplish this, measure your reach from a standing and kneeling position. Women can usually reach about 3 feet, men can reach a little further.

Once you know what your reach is, construct pathways at the correct intervals through the beds so that you can reach as many areas as possible. You may need to add stepping stones in certain areas in order to accomplish this.Landscape design

Having The Right Growing Conditions

Good landscape design includes learning about the growing conditions, soil and maintenance requirements, pest and disease resistance of the plants that you want to grow.

Locate plants so that they have room to grow. Be sure to read the tag that comes with your plant to see how big it will get.

Plants sited where they have plenty of room to grow,  correct amount of light or shade, correct soil ph and nutrition is important. If you have drainage issues, they need to be addressed first in order to have healthy plants that will be able to withstand stress from the environment.

By creating the right landscape design plan and selecting the proper plant material, your landscape will soften the overall appearance of your house and transfer it into a “home”.

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