You don’t have to be a professional and experienced landscape and garden designer to transform your outdoor spaces and make them look and feel luxurious, elegant and design-led.
While planting and lawn installation are of particular importance for any garden, so too is the hard landscaping and you’ll need to make sure that you factor this in at the design stage to create a cohesive feel to the space.
Here are just three suggestions for hardscaping that will take your gardens to the next level. If you need any further help or advice, give the LW Landscapes team a call today.
1. A large terrace
Using hard landscaping materials like concrete, stone, brick or concrete to create a large terraced area outside will provide you with a multifunctional space that’s both practical and beautiful, helping to create a seamless transition from the indoors to the out.
2. Decking
One of the most popular materials for outdoor applications is timber and a wooden decking will always make your home look lovely and welcoming, while providing you with usable space outside. Decking can be used in a variety of ways, from creating an entertainment area to raised planters, pool surrounds and so on.
3. Natural stone
Alternatively, you could consider using natural stone throughout the garden, which is wonderful for many different reasons, but the fact that it’s incredibly attractive and relatively low maintenance are both significant parts of its appeal as a material.
Options include the likes of limestone, sandstone and granite, all of which can be used for the construction of walls, steps, paths, patios, boundary definition, sculptures… just see where your imagination leads you!
Those of you planning a drought-tolerant garden will find that natural stone works well when paired alongside the likes of heuchera, bergenia, stipa gigantea, panicum virgatum, helianthus, lavender and many more, all serving to create a beautiful contrast with the hard stone.