It’s easy to take your home’s walkway for granted.
There it is, dependably leading visitors to your front door, or maybe offering a solid path to your side door when you carry in groceries.
Zzzzzzzzz. Sorry, did we nod off for a minute?
It’s time to add some wow to your walkway.
You wouldn’t think a driveway would be the centerpiece of a stunning Orlando landscaping design.
How great can a driveway be, right?
At this Spanish Colonial home in an Orlando gated community, a paver driveway made all the difference.
Pondering pavers?
A new driveway, maybe, or an impressive new paver patio?
Welcome to the world of paver patterns.
It’s a bigger world than you think.
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.
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?
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.
Read anything fascinating about yard drainage lately?
What? You don’t think yard drains are fascinating? Hmm, maybe it’s just us.
But if you live in a newer Orlando neighborhood, chances are you need some kind of yard drainage.
Drainage here in Orlando is a continuing problem as the city grows. All the dry areas have already been developed, so nearly all the houses in new neighborhoods have drainage problems. The already-wet ground can’t absorb extra water.
New homes also often have poor soil, so water doesn’t seep in as well as it should.
What kind of yard drain is best for your house?
New pavers! This is exciting!
Driveway? New walkways? That dream patio you’ve always wanted? Curves, or rectangle?
Have you picked out new patio furniture yet?
We’re asking a lot of questions. We love this stuff.
You should be asking some, too.
If you had a fabulous patio, we could sit out there with landscape designer Eric Frisch and talk about how great paver patios are.
Oh, shoot. Maybe just pull up a chair in the grass, then.
There are other patio material choices, of course, from gravel to stamped concrete.
But Ground Source designer Frisch sticks to pavers.
What’s so great about pavers?
How much does a paver patio cost?
What are some designer tips for a great paver patio installation?
Let’s take a look.
The next step after sod installation is walkways; however, figuring out the right material to use on your Orlando property can be a challenge. There is a range of elements that you need to balance including: