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Back Yard Landscaping

Traditionally back yard landscaping is going to have the most day-to-day affect on your family’s enjoyment of your own outdoor spaces. Dependant on your property layout and how you use the space available to you, the back yard is where most families spend time outside at home, whether entertaining on a deck, sunbathing by a pool, playing croquet on a lawn, or just enjoying a quite rest in hammock, the back yard is the place to be.  Since your family is going to be spending so much time there, your back yard landscaping plans will be among your most important. Below are a number of points to consider making the most out of your yard.

Blend Major Features

If you have a deck it is going to stand out by its very nature; you will want to find ways to have it blend with your garden. Bringing elements of the garden up to the deck is one way to maintain consistency; potted flowers or container gardens with the same plants from the yard make the deck a transition between the house and the outdoors.

A swimming pool is another feature of back yard landscaping that deserves special attention. The same trick can be used with the pool as the deck; by potting flowers from the garden and placing them near the pool or on the patio table it helps keep the separations from one zone to another from being jarring.

Consider Adding Features

Special features can make being in your back yard an extraordinary experience. A water feature can add visual and auditory delights, whether it is a serene forest pond, bubbling brook or artful fountain, or a pounding waterfall.