Landscaping is about more than just making your yard look pretty. 

It’s about crafting your space into a harmonious and dynamic whole that can make it a place of relaxation and rejuvenation. 

There are many options when it comes to adding something fresh or changing around landscaping, but professional contractors tend to focus on three main elements that can make all the difference between an average upgrade and a truly spectacular landscaping makeover. 

In most cases the difference is not about the money you put in: it’s about working with the space you have and doing the job right. 

Find The Right Fit

Landscaping is all about choosing the plants and designs that fit with your property. Ideally you should be trying to find plants, flowers, bushes and garden designs that accommodate naturally to the environment and surrounding area of your property. 

Finding the right fit is crucial, since randomly choosing trees, shrubs and flowers could end up growing into an overcrowded and chaotic mess that looks ugly and takes a massive amount of work to prune and maintain. 

For this reason it’s essential to find a good fit and also ensure that plants, gardens and lawn areas are getting the right drainage, water and mixture of sun and shade. 

Depending on the architectural style of your home, you can choose flowers, plants and trees that complement it nicely. If your home is more modern or traditional, or even has particular cultural and design aspects it can be beautiful to integrate a landscape design that fits well with these design aspects. 

Make Hardscaping Easy

Hardscaping is the addition of objects, walls, buildings, pathways, fountains, outdoor furniture, stones and other structures to your property. It’s very important to integrate hardscaping with the flow and design of your area and to make it fit with the plants and natural features which you’ve chosen. 

There are many options out there when it comes to high quality patios, walkways, gazebos, garden walls, fencing, lawn furniture and paving options. Regardless of what ideas you have in mind in terms of hardscaping, there are a lot of exciting choices and designs out there that can take your property to the next level. 

Hire A Professional

The third key element to making landscaping great is to hire a professional. Having a trustworthy, expert designer to advise and help you with your property is an invaluable resource that will lead to optimal outcomes. 

When you have someone with years of experience you can rest assured that issues of integrating all the parts of the design, ensuring drainage and soil quality, optimizing sun and shade and making sure you get the best products and final product possible will all be taken care of. 

Even though some people may prefer the idea of going it alone at first, in the long run the expertise and know-how of a professional pays off a thousandfold and will lead to a much improved outcome. 

Whether you have a small project or you’re looking to transform and update your yard into a brand new space, our professional and experienced staff at YardBlooms can make it happen. 

Reach out and contact us today for a free estimate.