7 Super Landscaping Tips for Homeowners

Boost your home’s curb appeal by creating an eye-catching front yard that will be the envy of your neighborhood. Whether you have a green thumb or not, our seven landscaping tips will get you off to a great start.

Plan, Plan and Plan
One of the most common mistakes homeowners fail to do is draw up a landscaping plan. Planning is crucial for landscaping projects because it saves you time, money and efforts. Your plan should include not only plant placement but blooming times, heights of plants, and plant needs like water, soil, and sunlight. Most importantly, stick to the plan!
Consider How Much Time and Money You Want to Invest

Sometimes homeowners embark on landscaping projects because they feel it is an obligatory part of their home improvement. Landscaping projects demand time, money, effort, patience and dedication. Choose a level of landscaping that you can reasonably maintain and enjoy at the same time. Native plants and trees – those that you see frequently planted in your area – are probably a great choice because you know they will do well in your area.

Consider Your Watering Needs
Most landscaping requires a considerable amount of watering or irrigation – at least when it is initially planted. Failure to water is a sure way to lose what you have invested in trees, plants, flowers and grasses. When you can, choose shrubs, flowers and grasses that do not require inordinate amounts of watering especially if you do not have time to invest in maintaining your landscaping.

Work Within Your Means
Take a look at your readily available resources. If you have a rocky yard, yard with generous shade or a yard that gets a lot of heat during the summer, work with it and take advantage of its features. For example, you could employ a beautiful rock garden rock gardening if your soil is rocky. Purchase heat-tolerant plants if your yard is mostly in the hot sun. Purchase shade-loving plants for yards that are shaded with big trees.

Think About Erosion
Is your yard on a hill? Heavy rains and gravity are two natural forces that will erode a slope that is not covered with grass, ground cover, rocks or plants. You may need to build a retaining wall to hold the ground. Talk to your garden shop or local landscaping service to learn ways to prevent erosion in your yard.

Have the Best Tools Your Budget Allows
Purchase the tools that you will need and that your budget allows. Keep them organized and accessible in a storage area. You will enjoy being outside working on your lawn if you have the right tools for the work that needs to be done. For example, a leaf blower, electric hedge trimmers and an electric edging tool can make your work easier and you will get the job done more quickly. Take care of your tools by cleaning them and putting them away after each use. You will appreciate that next time you need to do your lawn.

Draw Attention to Your Porch with Beautiful Landscaping
Landscaping around your porch can genuinely increase your porch’s curb appeal. One idea is to create a privacy porch with hanging baskets or vines on a trellis. This gives you a relaxing place to sit and read or listen to music.

Like most people, your home is probably the biggest investment you have made in your life. A great way to enhance this investment is to landscape your yard or garden. Again, if you are like most people, you may have only a small knowledge about the principles of landscaping so it may be a better idea to hire a landscaping design company rather than attempt to create a design yourself.

Whether it is your first time to landscape your garden or you are looking into changing the look of your existing garden landscape, hiring a landscaping design company is the easiest way to get the job done. Designing a garden or yard landscape can be an overwhelming task. Fortunately, there are many competent and reliable landscaping professionals that can handle the work for you and ensure you achieve the results you want.

A landscaping design company will work with you to create a landscape design tailored to your needs and preferences. However, it is also the responsibility of the designer to give you expert advice and ensure that you make the right choices from selecting plants and other materials to proper layout, lighting and other concerns.

A landscaping design company consists of landscape professionals such as designers and architects. A professional landscape designer may or may not have a landscaping degree or a license. On the other hand, a landscape architect should have both in order to practice landscaping. In the project has many "issues" such as slopes and high terrain, the services of a landscape architect may be necessary.

If you would also require landscape construction or installation services in addition to design, the landscaping design company will be able to refer to you to a landscape contractor. Alternatively, you can choose to work with a design-build company, which is a firm that employs both designers and contractors.

When choosing a landscaping design company, do not forget to request for references from past clients and ask to see their work portfolio. It would also be good if you can check the sites that they designed. Find out how long the company has been in the business, their professional affiliations and if they are insured and licensed.

It is recommended to evaluate a few companies before making a decision. Be sure to let the company know how much you are willing to spend. Your chosen landscaping design company should present to you a written service contract with detailed project specifications, costing, and schedule.

Monarch bridges the gap between Homeowner Associations, Hotels, Resorts, Commercial Properties, and landscape contractors. Our experts know what it takes to make contractors more accountable and ensure that they deliver the best possible results.

Pooling our expertise in horticulture, arboriculture, pest control, irrigation management, strategic planning, and successful landscape maintenance operations, our Southern California team makes objective recommendations for your best interest.

Our services include water management, irrigation assessments, ISA certified arborist consulting, tree risk assessments, tree inventories, contract management, and landscape inspection and assessments.


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