Gardens

Many homeowners take great pride in their landscaping. Even those who don’t know anything about caring for their lawns understand the importance of taking proper care of it. Whether you don’t have time to handle your landscape maintenance or you lack the expertise, hiring an expert in landscape maintenance can help you keep your yard looking great.

Landscaping your home is generally done better and less expensive in the long run when a reputable contractor like Johnson’s Landscaping Service is involved.

Yard maintenance is the most critical aspect of your entire landscape.  Lush, green grass will certainly die or become overgrown with weeds without the proper yard maintenance. Beautiful flower beds will quickly lose that beauty without proper yard maintenance. Every aspect of your softscape will lose its unique characteristics without proper yard maintenance.

In this blog from Johnson’s Landscaping Service, factors and tips to make your landscape burst with beauty are written about. Steps to avoid, as well as beneficial steps are evident as well.

Most landscapes have shady areas, depending on the trees on and around the property. Sometimes homeowners ignore the shady areas and plant just in the sunny spots. But, comprehensive overall landscape planning takes the shaded areas into account, filling in a spacious design with shade-loving plants, shrubs, and trees.

Perhaps you can envision the perfect landscape for your home. A neat and structured front yard, bountiful blooms of varied heights alternating with robust greenery, partially shaded with large healthy trees. The backyard is an ocean of green with repeating patches of colorful flowers and plants of varying textures, easily accessible by a stroll down a winding pathway. Benches and a few chairs offer a spot for relaxation and complement the fire pit and gathering area for friends and family.

When selecting plants, shrubs, and trees, landscape designers focus on the following visual factors to balance the space and make it visually appealing:

The winter season is quickly approaching with the ever growing chill in the air. Your landscape is not a lost cause for the colder months of the year as there are plenty of ways to prepare your yard for the warmer months of the year.

If you spend a good part of winter wishing it would snow just so that it would cover everything in the yard up and make it look beautiful for a while, it’s time to correct the problem. The right plants can help you create low-maintenance interest and color all year long that can make your winter garden seem like it has a touch of magic in it. Here are two suggestions you can use.