Landscaping Blog
How To Use Landscaping To Create Intimate And Important Family Moments
Warmer weather just about demands that we find a new venue for family time outdoors. Whether it’s on a patio, a porch or somewhere in the backyard, we try to find spaces that bring us closer together, with a sense of intimacy and privacy. Whether you’re planning a backyard wedding, a barbecue, or just want to be prepared for when a game of football breaks out, here are a few landscaping ideas to help you get the most out of your land. Enclose Your Porch Typically, making a porch enclosed means adding walls, screens, and doors and making it feel
Adding to Your Home’s Value through Landscape and Hardscape
While livability and comfort are usually numbers one and two on a homeowner’s list of priorities for their home, keeping the home in top shape to increase its value surely comes next. While a fresh coat of paint can do a little work, it might be time to pay attention to your surroundings to add some value to your home. Updating, adding to, and keeping up your landscape and hardscape are key to adding overall value to your home, throughout its life. Here are a few such items to pay attention to. Artificial Lawns It might seem counterintuitive, but the
Selling Your Home for the Best Price with Landscaping
If you’re thinking about selling your home or already having difficulty with it, you might be asking yourself, “This is the perfect home and location; why isn’t it selling?” The answer to this question might just be landscaping. If you want to not just increase your chances of selling your home but get the best price for your home possible, you need to concentrate on everything surrounding your home. Landscaping can make all the difference, and here are some points to concentrate on to get yourself that best price. Power Washing All homes age and, depending on the pollution level,
Using Indigenous Plants in Sustainable Landscaping
What Is Sustainable Landscaping? Once landscapes featuring indigenous plants have been installed, they require very little watering overall, especially as compared to a traditional grass lawn. They can also provide increased water filtration, as they can prevent storm water from going into a city’s water system. This helps avoid the overflow of sewers, which is a health and environmental hazard. Less overflow means a healthier water system overall. Less Maintenance Because landscaping with indigenous plants helps reduce the erosion of soil, it requires less maintenance. Indigenous plants also tend to have a natural resistance to harmful insects, which reduces the
Best plants to grow in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos
Have you ever heard of Gumbo Limbo, Strong Back, or Sea Ox eye daisy? What about the Bahamian cherry, Bay lavender, or Lignum Vitae? These are a few mentions of the many best-growing plants in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. There’s a wealth of hardy choices that can fulfill your desired landscaping design style. Read on for more. Yellow Elder Also called Yellow Bells, Trumpetbush, or Esperanza, the yellow elder grows like a bush allamanda on steroids. This garden beauty is big and produces bright yellow flowers year-round shaped like a trumpet, hence the name Trumpetbush. While you’d have
