Residential landscape Design

We have decided to invest in ourselves this year by improving our landscape design. Where should we start?
If you’re making plans to change your residential landscape design, a good place to start is with landscape designers and landscape architects. Exterior Worlds works with some of the best in the Gulf coast area. These competent professionals take you through the entire design development process, which includes consultation and program development, analysis of your property, conceptual landscaping design, construction documentation and permitting. And then on towards turning the vision in your mind into a reality, no matter if it’s an understated Japanese garden, a condensed small garden design, or an airy Mediterranean landscape design.

What are some of the elements that we should be considering for our residential landscape design?
• Pool design. Swimming pools are an expected amenity for any upscale home these days. Various shapes and material selection can be used to create the style that suits you. Just to name a few examples—a water work of art, an Olympic-sized pool, a cocktail pool or a water-park for children.
• A green garden. That is, an ecologically-sensitive garden that is sustainable. With a “green” green garden, the goals are basically the same as for any other landscaping project with a special focus on reducing ongoing landscape maintenance—watering, trimming, weeding and mulching.
• Outdoor water fountains. Water elements make a pleasing statement about any home by creating a welcoming focal point. They are especially beneficial as camouflage for all the noise of modern life, such as traffic, air-conditioning units and helicopters.
• Landscape lighting. Landscape lighting can be a relatively inexpensive way to boost your property value. It allows you to showcase garden elements, while at the same time leaving some things dark. From a practical urban landscaping standpoint, the right landscape lighting provides security.
What can Exterior Worlds tell us about the infrastructure of a residential garden design?
Well-designed drainage and irrigation systems have a big impact of the health of your residential landscape design. Irrigation and drainage contractors can develop a whole-system approach so that the nuts and bolts of both systems are hidden as much as possible—and that will increase your enjoyment of them.

Drainage systems are an important part of any Houston residential landscape design and include channel drains, catch basins, and French drains. Drainage systems impact your residential landscape maintenance by preventing standing water that can create soggy landscaping, slick surfaces, and mosquito breeding grounds. A proper landscape drainage system is important for the care of your lawn as it allows your maintenance crew to perform their regular lawn service duties.

Irrigation systems deliver the correct amount of water to your various plants. They allow your landscape to be separated by zones into lawn, bed and color areas that require different watering conditions. By using computerized technologies, they let you set a regular schedule for your landscape watering needs while, at the same time, allowing you to switch to manual during unexpected weather conditions.