It is only fair that you give your dream home the proper landscaping it deserves and we can tell you it’s a lot of fun doing it, so don’t worry about getting bored or tired of doing it. But before you start picking out trees, shrubs and flowers from a nursery, have a read through the tips we gathered. These tips are focused on making your landscape project smooth and stress free as possible.
Here are some things you should consider before embarking on it:
- Create a pathway for easy passage to avoid destruction of the landscape. It could be from the house to the backyard or to the entrance. Be cautious when placing the pathways so it doesn’t hinder the drainage of the house.
- Be careful when placing new pathways around your house and ensure that levels fall away from the building. Paths are not catchments for water and you should therefore allow for proper drainage.
- There should be proper drainage around the house before building the garden beds.
- Don’t plant trees or large shrubs near the house.
- Avoid placing garden beds next to the house. In cases where you water constantly without effective drainage, it can lead to over-moisturization of the top soil.
- The introduction of water into the ground clay content is recommended because excessively dry clay can affect footings. However try not to create a desert, take a credible approach to maintaining your garden thereby providing an evenly moisture flow into the soil.
- It is risky to plant trees or large shrubs next to buildings, they have massive root that can cause massive damage to the footings, drainage pipes or plumbing in the house. When you don’t water the plants regularly, their roots search for moisture therefore damaging underground pipes.
Contact a landscape expert for advice before embarking on it.
