If you live in Florida, you are familiar with sand. It’s between your toes at the beach, likely under your lawn, and in most photos that anyone posts to Instagram from here.
But when it comes to the sand between your patio or driveway pavers, sand can go beyond natural sand to another manufactured product you might consider.
It’s called polymeric sand and creates a harder, more solid surface between your pavers.
When you look out over a great landscape design, it should all flow together seamlessly. But that doesn’t just happen — it takes skillful planning.
Hardscaping and softscaping are common parts of any thorough landscape design, and a creative landscape designer knows how to use them together and soften the edges between them so they blend.
That's where the right selection of plants is key.
Amid all the excitement of your big landscaping project, you might have some worries.
How big of a mess will it be? Will the landscaping crew clean up before they leave? Will they leave tools or equipment at your house? Is your antique bird bath safe? What should you expect from the final project walkthrough?
You probably think the most impressive layer of your new paver patio or driveway is the top layer. It looks amazing.
But the stuff you can’t see is just as impressive, from the layer underneath that helps it drain to the edging that keeps it from falling apart to the sand that holds the pavers together to the sealer that protects the whole masterpiece.
Landscaping doesn’t last forever. Just like that western shirt with the snaps and your aunt’s beehive hairdo, some stuff goes out of style.
Ready to boot your outdated landscaping and hop on some modern landscape design ideas?
Eric Frisch, landscape designer at Ground Source, shares some outdated landscaping features — and suggestions for a contemporary refresh.
Planning your big new Florida landscaping project? Man, there’s a lot to think about, right?
How much will it cost? What do you really need? Your head must be spinning.
Maybe head outside and relax on the paver patio, or chill beneath your poolside pergola while you sort it all out.
Once you know what hardscaping is, the word makes perfect sense.
It’s the hard elements in your landscaping — the paver patios and walkways, the fire pit, the structures like decks, pergolas, and pavilions.
Can we all take a minute to swear about weeds?
They’re in your lawn, in your flower beds and they even sneak into your planters.
You might think you fooled the leafy villains with that paver project. There’s no way weeds can sprout in hard concrete pavers, right?
Sorry. If you think pavers can prevent weeds, you don’t know weeds.
Everybody remembers the day their new paver project was finished.
It was the greatest thing you’ve ever seen, right?
You posted so many patio photos on Instagram your kids were embarrassed. You sat out in the driveway so long with your groceries, just looking at those pretty pavers, your mint chip ice cream melted.
But stuff happens.
Maybe you used your garden hose to outline a nice curving edge for your new landscape bed. Then left it there.
That was a good start. But when it comes to great landscape edging materials, garden hose rarely makes the list.
Which landscape edging is best?