Home Garden Landscaping Design

How would home garden landscaping design benefit me?
A professionally installed garden will add curb appeal to your home and transform your yard into a beautiful outdoor living experience. It will also serve as an island of tranquility that you can retreat from the stress factors of work life any time day or night.

I can’t seem to think of any good ideas for home garden landscaping. Where should I start?
Start by doing image searches on the Internet to see all the millions of gardens that are posted online from all over the world. Go back through your stacks of magazines and newspapers and circle the pictures of gardens that catch your eye. You may see only one or two things about a garden that you like. That’s ok. Keep in mind that many different types of gardens still often use the same plants and motifs to create design.

It is also a good idea to drive around Houston in the springtime and simply look at what people are doing in their yards. If you see a home that reminds you of your own, the garden design around that home will give you an excellent frame of reference in terms of what will best work with your home architecture.

Should I really hire a landscaper to install my garden for me?
It’s a good idea. Call us and sit down for a consultation and share your design ideas with us. We can help you refine those ideas into a detailed home garden landscaping that will work in relationship with other landscape elements, and, most importantly, the architecture of your home.

What if I have a limited budget to work with?
Home garden landscaping does not have to cost a fortune in materials to be aesthetically appealing. Sometimes less is more. We recommend that you observe the following guidelines when brainstorming ideas for your garden design.

• Think of your favorite types of plants and flowers. What looks pretty to you? Forget, for the moment, what other people are going to think about your garden. Your obligation is to please yourself with what you look at. Our obligation is to take what pleases you and make it appealing to your friends and family. Working together, we can accomplish this.
• Find pictures of homes similar to yours that have gardens visible in the scene. Understand that such pictures are a beginning frame of reference, not a recipe for duplication. However, it is important you share such images with our team so we can help you determine the nature and contents of your garden.
• Give serious consideration to having a garden installed that is more than something to look at. Any lawn services company can plant rose bushes or flowers around your trees. In fact, you can do such simple plantings yourself. Professional home garden landscaping offers you so much more than this. It offers you the opportunity to turn a garden into an activity center where people can spend an evening outdoors in celebration, conversation, or quiet retreat.

I never thought of a garden as an activity center. What are some examples of what you can create?
We can build custom patios as seating areas, lighted fountains in the center of courtyards, play areas for kids, and pathways for moonlit walks. The key is to make such areas easily accessible by combining custom pathways and walkway designs with landscape lighting.