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Lanscaping Ideas: A Guide to Landscape Design and Landscape Architecture, Landscaping Ideas for Front Yard and Backyard Landscaping Ideas from Pool Landscaping ... Ideas for Small Yards and Landscape Plans [K] [i] [n]
Martha Adamson (Kindle Edition) Malibu Publishing 2010-08-26
Release date: 2010-08-26
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I am looking for a game to play where you can create or redecorate a backyard or landscape. Do you know of any?
Try playing any of The Sims games. You can create backyard & landscapes in that game. You can also build and design your own home.
Me and my friend Danny wrecking shop on my backyard.
The total backyard and front area is roughly 2000 sq-ft. It had grass earlier but was vacant for more than 6 months and I think the solution is to re-landscape it. How much does it generally cost? Also, what would be the cost if I make the backyard concrete instead of grass? Any other options for backyard (instead of grass and concrete).
Thanks you very much.
If you are considering starting from scratch the rule of thumb is that you will spend approx. 40% of the cost of your home for landscaping. This includes hardscape (paver walkway, cement driveway & walkway around house, backyard patio slab). It will vary with how elaborate your plans are. My very best advice to you is to consider hiring a professional landscape designer to help you make a plan for your front. Working with a pro. will give you a good sense of what to do first, second and so on for your backyard. Also, you will learn SO much from them! AND you can cut costs by installing all the plant material yourself.
Make sure your grade is correct. Even though our new home passed all inspections, our front was graded towards the house and we found out the hard way when the wall in the basement had a waterfall we didn't expect. Luckily, we hadn't done any landscaping yet!!
For your backyard, why not consider large beds (not just a frame around your yard) for interest that can be mulched. (Too much concrete weighs heavily visually and makes it very difficult to balance out with green areas and plant material. Be careful.) We planted three spruce trees in a large bed. Initially the trees looked dwarfed in the huge bed, but within 5 years they were gorgeous and filled in nicely.
A good tip for tree planting: Look out your windows and guesstimate where you'd like to see a tree planted. Then go out and pound a stake of some sort (I just used a pitch fork and plunged it into the ground.) and then go back inside and look at that spot through all your windows, upstairs and down and from different corners of your yard. If you are doing this in your front yard, NEVER place a large tree smack in front of your front door. It is not good curb appeal. And walk across the street and down your street checking out the location. Remember, a tree will be there long after you're gone. It's best to make it right in the first place.
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I live in Northern Ca (Sacramento Area) and I am planning a tropical themed backyard. It rarely gets below 30 degrees in the winter (maybe a little lower at night, but i can get those blankets to prevent the plant from freezing) and at its hottest point it gets up to 115 degrees in the summer.
With that being said, which plants would do the best in my area? Ideas in flowers, ground cover, and any other suggestions or help would be great! Thanks in advance
Are there any sites online where it shows which tropical plants survive in this area?
I have tropical plants around my pool area and love the look.
Yucca plants are so easy to grow and look great.
Umbrella plant also looks tropical and is very easy to grow.
I also have: both red and yellow cannas, bird of paradise, and saga palms.
Oh yes, Hibiscus. I have 4 different colors of those.
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New homeowner. Have a large rectangle patch of dirt for a backyard. Have asked the man who mows my front yard if he can help landscape the back. He said he can but he needs me to provide a proper drawing of exactly what I want first. He will charge for labor. I don't have a lot of cash so I am looking for example plans/ drawings that I can borrow from.
I am from London but I actually live in San Diego.
My husband is a retired landscape designer but still does it when we need extra money, only problem is we live in Detroit Michigan and I'm guessing that you live in London England. That being said, maybe you could go to your local garden center, they might just have a person there that works with landscape design.
We want the deck removed, a tree removed and all stones removed. Then new grass and stone.
There are too many variables to consider. But a ball park figure might be anywhere from 2,500 to 9,000 or more.
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You have to do as much as possible in today’s economy to make your house attractive to buyers and get it sold. There are more sellers than buyers in the market now, and, since this trend is likely to continue for a while, buyers can get away with being demanding and finicky.
You should not forget the backyard when you decide to sell your home. Having a Spartan design is acceptable if you keep the existing landscaping groomed properly. Your property includes the backyard, so how you maintain it demonstrates how you take care of the house itself. An eye-catching house and yard that is well cared for presents a good package.
Some people go overboard in their yards and make them very personal. For instance, having a nice Japanese garden in your back yard is great, but it might in fact hurt your ability to sell the house. This is because you would have to find someone who also loves Japanese gardens and is willing to take one on. If you have a nice house and a yard that is elaborate to your exact personal tastes, it will mean the new homeowners much share your passion for that type of yard.
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Seeing progressions of other gardens over the seasons and over the years is useful for all of us, often giving us ideas and inspiration for our own planting projects. Another lesson we can all take away from this month’s workshop is that we can never have too many “before” photos. So it’s a smart idea to wander around the yard a few times a year and take lots of pictures from many different angles, just in case, and to always grab a camera
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