Are These Landscaping Ideas Included in Your New Year Plans in Bexley and Powell, OH?
A new year can be the ideal time to plan a new Bexley and Powell, OH landscape. Any of these landscape ideas can upgrade your outdoor spaces to a place where you love to spend time outdoors.
Expanded Patio
Expanding the patio space can be a great start to creating an outdoor area that functions as additional living space. A landscaper can design a larger patio with distinct areas for dining, relaxing, and cooking.
The variety of patio pavers lets you customize the look of your expanded patio. Many times it creates the best pattern when you choose contrasting pavers with a light-tone for the bulk of the patio with a dark paver contrast on the border. You can also choose an earthy, mid-tone paver with a light border. The choices are limitless.
Add Some Privacy
Your outdoor space can sometimes need more privacy than your landscape offers on its own and this is where a lovely retaining wall can make your spaces more intimate. Your landscape professional can help you select a wall stone that blends perfectly with your patio and other outdoor spaces to create a seamless design.
When you want the wall to stand out from the rest of the space, you can choose a different tone or texture for the wall stone and add glass blocks for a classy look. When your retaining wall is topped with a flat stone such as flagstone or granite, it can offer additional seating and serving space.
Connect with a Walkway
Connect the front and backyard with a walkway in the same materials as the new patio. Having the ability to move from the front to the back and vice versa can let your guests head straight to the backyard party after parking.
This can make it comfortable and convenient for larger groups to access the backyard since they won’t need to pass through the house.
Refresh the Softscape Design
As you are planning your new patio and other hardscape features, this can be the ideal time to have the trees, shrubs, and other plants including the grass upgraded into a fresh design. Some homeowners use this as the time to install a living screen of fast-growing evergreens for year-round color and increased privacy.
Adding ornamental trees can make your backyard have a unique look due to their smaller size and pretty blooms. This can also be a great time to consider sustainable plantings that are native to the Bexley and Powell areas. Sustainable plants and trees are native to the region and perform well each season with minimal care and attention, yet they look amazing.
Landscape Lighting
Finish your new plan with landscape lighting that illuminates the entire backyard for you to enjoy your new space longer into the day. A landscaper can increase the spotlights to shine on the patio and you can choose to add lighting to the lip of the retaining wall ledge so your wall and patio surface are illuminated.
With lights that shine up into the gorgeous new trees and lighting along the edges of the landscape beds, your backyard can quickly become a favorite spot to start and end the day. The best part can be that outdoor lighting can be automatic so you don’t have to worry about turning it on and off.
About the Author:
In 2001, Shawn Rine decided he would like to earn a little pocket change. With a used mower and lots of hard work, he got his neighbors' yards into shape in no time. Nearly two decades later, Rine Landscape Group has a few more mowers – not to mention a staff of certified landscape specialists and an extensive portfolio of innovative, functional landscape projects in neighborhoods all over the Greater Columbus Metro Area.