Natural Steps to Your Landscape Design

Creative problem solving and thoughtful application are what make landscape design great. The company or small team of professionals that you choose to work on your space likely specialized in either commercial or residential “curb appeal”. Their backgrounds afford them the knowledge to restore, treat, and maintain the quality of soil, grass, plants, and trees that add beautiful foliage to your exterior. These professionals combine their understanding of what each living plant needs and their understanding of your vision for your space. Whether you are looking for a low maintenance or abundant blossoming garden that is both inviting and visually appealing, they can create the landscape design of your dreams with the critical components of soil, light, and irrigation.

Before your landscape design team can complete their first drawing or computer mock up of your future outdoor beautification project, they must understand what you have to work with. First, the quality of soil that you have in your yard is a huge determining factor in whether or not anything will sprout or thrive there. You might have sand, silt (mud), or clay. Once that has been determined, indigenous plants can be selected to accommodate your regional soil quality. Second, the level of your yard space is critical. You may have a slight or significant slope, or one or more levels that receive different amounts of light and water throughout day. The levels in your yard will also affect the quality of soil in one area over another. The soil at the end of the slope will be richer than higher areas that have experienced significant runoff. You’ve noticed these issues in your yard(s) throughout the years but design professionals will rescue any yard by compensating for what it is lacking.

There is a way to achieve your ideal yard with astute planning and layout that makes improvements to your natural space while making it sustainable. The professionals get all types of request for specific colors, textures, and levels of foliage display, and they are all possible as long as the three plant thriving components are present. All plants require some degree of light, water, and food. Professionals may have to bring in healthier soil or cut back some of your trees in order to expose more natural light. You may enjoy the half day of shade each day, so your landscape design can involve grass and plants that thrive in the shade as well. All of the methods used to provide you with the yard space that you require are a part of the process of landscape design that keeps each plant healthy year round whether it is dormant or in full bloom.