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| Home Landscaping | Any project becomes more attainable when you're willing to accomplish the plan in stages.
- Be realistic about how much you can accomplish each year. Lots of people like to work - and budget - on the basis of a five-year plan.
Even though detailed and complex, the process can be enjoyable if taken a little at a time. You won’t regret spending the time to do it right.
- When you’ve finished, you'll have a master plan - or a masterful design - to show for your efforts.
- In the event the words "master plan" seem set in concrete, you may find the idea of "long-range plan" less fixed though no less useful in accomplishing the small and large goals that add up to a satisfying landscape.
Putting Plans into Action
Whether complex and formal or as simple as an unmoved patch of wildflowers, a home's
landscape should be designed to meet the needs of the family that lives within it.
- Before putting pencil to paper or planting flowers, spend some time figuring out what you want to accomplish in your landscape.
-Much of the planning and designing will occur in your head as you consider ideas and think about what appeals to you most.
- Brainstorm and take notes on paper. When you proceed with each step in planning and design, be sure to adapt the plan to your particular conditions and desires instead of trying to follow lots of rigid rules.
- Explore different ways to reach your goals right before you spend money on materials or contractors.
- Learn new skills by volunteering to help a friend build a deck.
- Watch a professional pour concrete or build a retaining wall at a new homesite.
- Be inspired rather than intimidated by opportunities to learn.
- At any step in your decision-making, don’t hesitate to ask for expert advice from landscaping professionals. Continue to ask for help when you need it, when you reach the final design and are ready to begin the actual work.
So, landscaping is a practical yet personal process, and you want the outcome to be wonderful.
- What could be more rewarding than designing your home's landscape, transforming your plans into reality, and enjoying the results for years to come?
- Trends such as butterfly gardening, heirloom vegetables, old roses, and ornamental grasses can be the icing on the cake in keeping the whole process fresh, appealing, and exciting.
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