There’s a reason professional landscape designers get college degrees.
Man, there’s a lot of stuff to keep in mind.
When Orlando landscape designers study landscape design, they learn about mass, form, line, texture, and color. Then they combine these elements to transform your yard.
Sounds kind of fancy. But it’s why your new paver patio could have such graceful lines. It’s why your yard could be filled with plants with a variety of intriguing colors and textures.
If your back is killing you, you’re in charge of watching five toddlers, and it’s 97 degrees, laying sod is hard.
If you’re 20, there’s a cool breeze, and you have a whole weekend ahead of you with nothing to do, laying sod isn’t as hard.
You see what we’re getting at here. The concept of “hard” is pretty subjective.
Parts of DIY sod installation are hard, like wrestling with the sod cutter machine you need to remove your old grass.
It doesn’t take an engineering genius to figure out why paver patio and driveway drainage can be a challenge.
You take away grass, which is permeable, and replace it with concrete pavers, which aren’t permeable.
When it rains, the water has to go somewhere, right?
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Uh oh. A constant, steady dripping usually means something’s wrong at your house.
Leaky faucet, maybe, or a leaky roof.
Not this time. When you have a drip irrigation system, a steady drip means your plants are getting watered perfectly, with no wasted water.
No need for your tool box.
What exactly is drip irrigation? Is it right for your landscaping?
Here’s what you need to know.
We’ll be honest here — Bahiagrass isn’t usually a first choice for a residential lawn.
It’s a mix of grass types that can also include wild grasses and weeds.
We can’t guarantee the quality, because high quality isn’t exactly its claim to fame.
It can even be full of fire ants.
But Bahiagrass has some qualities you might like, if you’re the no-maintenance type, don’t want to fuss with irrigation, and are fine with a wilder, pasture-like look.
Is Bahia sod right for you?
Let’s take a closer look.
Let’s tackle the obvious question first: “Do I need landscape lighting?”
You absolutely do. (Even if you’re not afraid of the dark.)
Consider these reasons:
More questions? Let’s get to them.
So, you’re ready to do some landscaping! We can sense your excitement way over here.
Got your plan in place? Considered the one-third rule? Varied your colors and textures? Planned for staggered bloom times?
If all you’ve done is bought three azalea shrubs, you’re reading this just in time.
Let these seven Florida landscaping ideas get you off to a great start.
Something’s not right with your sprinkler system, and this is the last thing you need now, right?
We’ll cross our fingers for you that it’s just a clogged nozzle or a stuck valve — nothing major.
But you might have to get your hands dirty.
How do you fix a broken sprinkler?
Let’s walk through a few common problems.
Pondering pavers?
A new patio, maybe, or a sleek new driveway? Time to finally update that cracked and sunken concrete walkway to your front door?
You probably have some questions.
Eric Frisch, Ground Source landscape designer, has the answers.
We’re kind of an impatient bunch, aren’t we?
We like our burgers and fries fast, our movies instantly streamed, and we can’t wait for our lawn to look great.
So, about that sod: how long?
Read this and you’ll have answers in just a few minutes.