Creating A New Landscape Around Your Home Or Business
The landscape outside your home or business can significantly impact the property when viewed from the outside. Creating an inviting and comfortable landscape is essential, and working with a professional to create your landscape design is one way to ensure that it looks and functions optimally for your needs.
Landscape Layout
When you are ready to start looking at the landscape design around your property, you need to look at how the property is shaped and what the terrain looks like. Hills are landscaped differently than flat ground in most cases, and the best landscape design is often one that flows smoothly with the property.
If you are working with a landscape professional to create a design, they will measure the property, check the elevations, and then create a drawing of the property with a layout that they feel will work well for your location. The landscape design can incorporate gardens, flower beds, dry river hardscapes, and green spaces throughout the property.
The way the plants are used and the flow of the design is often essential to the layout, and once the drawing of the space is completed, you can request a change in the landscape design to allow for something you want to add later like a pool or hot tub behind your home.
Landscape Construction
Once the landscape design is completed and you are happy with it, you can have a professional landscape contractor come and create the design from the plans the designer will create for you. The design features often need to be installed in specific orders or with equipment that you may not have to work with.
The landscaping contractor will also be able to install the features and plants faster because they typically have a crew to work with them, and they can be working on multiple design elements simultaneously. The landscape design can change during installation if the contractor runs into a problem that the designer was unaware of, so it is vital to keep the designer involved and potentially have the designer and the contractor work together directly on the landscape.
A change in the design can cause delays and add to the construction costs of the landscape design, so it is essential that the contractor and designer come to you when there is a concern so you are involved in changing things. A design change is not uncommon, but how it is handled by the landscape contractor and your professional designer can impact the final product. Stay engaged in the process, and don't be afraid to ask questions if the installation takes longer than expected or looks different from the original design.
For more information, contact a professional landscape design company near you.
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