Homeowners Guide To Landscaping

A landscape which is designed properly is a source of enjoyment for the entire family, it enhances a community and adds to the resale value of your property.

Landscape design involves much more than placing trees, shrubs and other plants on the property. It is an art which deals with conscious arrangement or organization of outdoor space for human satisfaction and enjoyment.

Some of its major goals include:

• Organizing and developing the site for maximum use and
pleasure.

• Creating a visual relationship between the house and the site.

• Reducing landscape maintenance to a practical level.

Americans spend tremendous amounts of money landscaping their
businesses, homes, streets, parks, schools, etc. Much of this money is
wasted, however, because of little or no planning. People cannot
understand how to landscape until they know why they landscape.

There are several reasons why people landscape: some think it
improves the appearance of their place; others like to grow plants; still
others just want their place to look pretty.

Too often these landscapes dominate rather than serve. Masses of
plants or other materials in the landscape may take up a large portion
of the space and leave little room for people.