Take a Look at These Landscaping Trends to Redesign Your Outdoor Space in Bexley, OH
When you are craving a place to relax and unwind after a stressful week, take a look at these landscaping trends and choose an outdoor feature or two for your Bexley, OH, backyard. This year’s landscape design trends have something special in store for you.
Native Plants
In today’s busy world, many homeowners are choosing to incorporate more native plants that have less maintenance and care requirements than more exotic selections. While you might love that tropical bush at a warm resort, trying to grow that same species in the Bexley climate can require more work than you want to invest.
Native plants are just as beautiful as non-native with their blossoms and deep green foliage but you won’t need special fertilizers or constant watering. Because native plants will thrive in your climate, they will return year after year to bring beauty to your landscape without much attention.
A landscape professional can help you plan the native species that bring color and vibrant beauty to your outdoor spaces.
Patios as an Extension of the Indoors
The patio has become an extension of the indoor family room, a place where you and your family can enjoy time together, but outside. With a durable patio paver for the floor surface, this area can stand up well to heavy foot traffic to stay as pretty as the day it was installed.
A landscape professional can help you decide the ideal patio size for your needs and recommend laying patterns and paver choices that complement the rest of the landscape. You can add borders, central designs, and other details that set your patio apart from the rest.
Choose a roof: When you cover your patio, not only do you have the opportunity to use this space when the weather doesn’t cooperate, but it can also shield you from the hot summer sun that can make summer days uncomfortable. A roof also gives you a place to add ceiling fans for extra cooling.
Add heat: As part of the patio design, have your landscaper add a heater to the patio so you can enjoy your outdoor space longer into the year. Many homeowners choose heaters that mount on the beams of an overhead roof for warmth you can control from a remote.
Fire: A fire pit or fireplace is always a welcomed addition to a patio. Fire adds a soft glow and warm feeling that cannot be duplicated.
Gardens
Gardens are flourishing in yards this season. If you have never tried growing flowers, now could be the time. Roses used to be finicky but not with the many varieties available today.
Perhaps you have been thinking about cultivating a vegetable garden or growing herbs for your favorite dishes. A landscape professional can help you envision the perfect garden for your outdoor space, one where you can experiment and learn from what you grow.
Not only are gardens lovely, but it can be quite satisfying to grow your own food and flowers to adorn the inside of your home.
The best landscaping design trend can be to think about what you love and incorporate those features into your landscape. Then you can have an outdoor space that you love and reflects your personal interests.
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.