Have a big Central Florida backyard? Lucky. Not everybody does.
“Big outdoor spaces offer a lot of options, but not many people have that luxury with the current lots being sold in Orlando,” says Ground Source Landscape Designer Eric Frisch.
Larger lots are typically outside of town, he says, and often much of the property is weeds and some scruffy Bahia grass. Sounds like it’s time for some large-area landscaping ideas.
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Ready to boot your outdated landscaping and hop on some modern landscape design ideas?
Eric Frisch, landscape designer at Ground Source, shares some outdated landscaping features — and suggestions for a contemporary refresh.
If you haven’t spent much time studying the USDA plant hardiness map, nobody blames you.
But when the U.S. Department of Agriculture made significant changes to this tool that helps determine what plants can thrive and survive in what regions of the country, plant experts everywhere paid close attention. Some were even alarmed.
About half of the United States, including Central Florida, shifted into a new zone with the plant hardiness map update. Most places are warmer than they used to be.
What does that mean? Does it affect what you can plant in your Florida front yard? Should you care?
There’s kind of a dilemma when you’re planning to sell your house, and we’re not talking about how to hide that spot where your dog ate half the windowsill.
You know landscaping and home value are connected, but you don’t want to invest a ton of money in a house you’re leaving. At the same time, you know your home will sell faster and for a better price if it has impressive curb appeal.
When you’re landscaping for curb appeal, what projects are your best bets?
When you head out to get groceries, do you hit one store for bread, another for fruit, a third one for chicken and another one for those frosted cookies you love?
Landscape maintenance is a year-round thing here in Central Florida, thanks to that mild weather the northerners envy.
Palm fronds drop year round. Crape Myrtles get trimmed in winter. Hedges might need snipping any time of year.
But spring is a great time for a fresh start, landscape-wise.
Some things just go great together.
Peanut butter and jelly. Jeans and T-shirts. Saturday morning and sleeping in.
One more classic pairing: lawn aeration and top dressing.
Wheelbarrow? Check.
Shovel? Check.
Bottle of favorite painkillers? Check.
Excitement about moving a mountain of mulch from your driveway to the beds all over your yard? Hmmmmm…
Have you looked out at your yard lately and thought, “What the heck happened out there?”
