Easy Design Garden Features For Dummies

Looking at features you can use in your landscaping other than plants, we're now going to take a look at some different materials that aren't generally considered as garden decorations or accents. Common materials can be accent additions to your landscape which can fill bare spots, create a feeling of depth, and give your lot a more fulfilling look.

While objects such as storage sheds or lights are not normally considered as designing materials, they can be. And many others not considered here are often hand-crafted or obtained inexpensively at yard sales and flea markets. Without further ado, here are a few more ideal and creative ways to make your landscaping ideas and garden areas more functional and pleasing.

Garden buildings and Lean-tos: These structures aren't commonly considered as decor or focal points. They're designed for storing and maintaining your gardening tools, starting seedlings, etc. However, potters sheds and shade buildings are more than functional; they can also be used as designing elements that can complement your yard and your home.

Your garden shed can be designed to match the architecture of your home. Lean-tos and sheds can use paint and trim which match the colors of your home or complement your garden color pallet. Add matching window boxes and you gain a fulfilling sense of being finished.

Lighting: Low-voltage lights can be very attractive along walkways and as accent lights to highlight character trees, focal points, and a few other outstanding picture perfect landscaping features. Most important though, they can also add to your safety by brightening up potential problems and dark areas. Low wattage lighting is usually a simple and safe do it yourself project. However, often it can be in need of special wiring. In which case, you'll want a licensed electrician. Make sure you use a licensed electrician or landscape contractor certified in electrical installation if you are planning to have High wattage lights installed.

Berms: These are nothing more than raised soil yard areas. Surrounded with heavy timbers, stone retaining walls, or free-standing, they are an attractive means in which you can create the illusion or more topography, a more in perspective site, in flat spots. They are good for erosion control and can also be useful for creating private areas while waiting for your plantings to get big enough for private buffer height. Berms should fit subtly into your landscape, recommended heights being from 1 1/2 to 2 feet above soil level.

So keep in mind that not all of your plan has to be figured out. Things that you may not think to be designing elements may help take up more space and reduce the amount of space you have to design.

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- Jackson Nimble