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Creative Ways to Add Shade to Your Backyard

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Colorado offers an abundance of sunny days all year round – in fact, it’s one of the reasons many of us live in colorful Colorado! While we embrace glorious blue skies and sunshine, there are times when our landscape may need some shade to protect us from the intense UV rays.

From new landscape design options to simpler solutions, there are many options to get you outside and safely enjoying the Colorado weather in a shady backyard.

Add a Trellis

Do you have an existing outdoor structure or patio area where adding a trellis could help provide shade? Trellis or pre-made garden lattice can be made or bought and installed to a current structure or installed in the ground. Plant or attach the trellis in a location that will offer shade and add a climbing, flowering or leaf vine for beauty and color.

Plant a Tree

While trees can take years to fully mature, consider planting an older, larger or faster-growing tree species that will add shade to your outdoor area or patio sooner. Deciduous trees can let in winter sunshine or evergreens offer year-round greenery and protection. Be sure to think through the type of tree and avoid planting too close to a structure so the roots don’t cause damage.

Sail Away

Shade sails are readily available and offer a modern look to virtually all types of outdoor living areas! Choose between different shapes, colors, and sizes and customize your look to provide just where and when you need shade most. Consider how to safely install shade sails and be sure to make it easy for them to be removed when not needed or to protect from Colorado winds.

Awe with an Awning

Awnings add charm to any smaller patio or targeted space where you need shade. Classic styles, stripes, weather-proof materials, and automatic extending awnings are all available to offer shade both outdoors and can shade indoors by stopping sunlight from coming through windows or patio doors. Be sure to consider having an expert size and install your awning to avoid any potential damage to your home or outdoor structure.

Put Up the Umbrella

Don’t forget a simple, freestanding umbrella or larger, moveable umbrella as a shade option! Umbrellas are widely available and can provide “transportable” shade wherever you want to be in your Colorado yard. Select an umbrella with some weight or a weighted based to keep it secure and choose from the wide range of colors and fabric choices to reflect your personality.

Sophisticated Shade

If you’re looking for shade that adds beauty, permanence, and style to your home and outdoor living area, consider professional landscaping shade options. The Landscaping Company are the Colorado experts in designing shade choices that suit your budget and your style! Ideas are almost limitless and include pergolas, verandas, architectural elements, modern awnings and shade sail designs, trees and plantings, and much more!

Call The Landscaping Company at (303) 922-9889 or contact us online to explore what outdoor shade options are right for you and your home!

What To Do If You Don’t Need To Shovel Snow

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You’ve just woke up. It’s chilly, quiet outside, and there are inches of fresh snow on the ground. In the past, you’ve had to force yourself up to get dressed and get out to shovel that beautiful, but often heavy and wet, Colorado snow. Not anymore!

Now you can roll over and get some more sleep knowing The Landscaping Company will be around to shovel your snow for you!

By signing up for The Landscaping Company snow removal service this year just think of all the things you can do with your new free, morning time!

  • Sunrise Yoga: Want to start your day the right way? Enjoy some relaxing early-morning yoga instead of feeling like forced labor out on the driveway!
  • Rest your Back: Did you know that about 11,500 people injure their back every year shoveling snow? Not you-you’ve got a great snow removal service!
  • Finish that Book: You know that book that’s been on your bedside table for way too long? It’s yours to finish while relaxing in bed on a snowy morning.
  • Family Breakfast Time: The days are gone where you are working up a sweat out front while the family eats breakfast. This winter you can join them and enjoy a second helping of pancakes!
  • Morning Meditation: Tired of heading into work already stressed? Change it up and spend those precious morning minutes meditating instead of shoveling the sidewalk!
  • Snowball Fight! The Landscaping Company might be removing your snow this winter season but that doesn’t mean you can’t get out there to build a snowman or start an epic snowball fight with the kids!
  • Skip the Café: Save some of your hard-earned cash and enjoy making coffee at home this winter while the snow gets effortlessly removed!

Winter mornings where you don’t have to shovel snow is also a great time to think about your garden plans for the summer. Let your mind wander and allow yourself to dream up the lush lawn, outdoor entertainment area, new outdoor kitchen, water features, patio, and much more.

The Landscaping Company is here not only to offer snow removal services, but we deliver the highest quality, most original landscaping projects and services you can imagine!

Schedule your snow removal service today by calling us at (303) 922-9889 or contact us online!

6 Tips to Make A Dog-Friendly Yard

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You may not be surprised to learn that Colorado is ranked in the top 10 of pet-friendly states in the country. With hundreds of miles of trails coupled with hundreds of days of sunshine, it’s not hard to tell why Colorado is the perfect place for a pet!

If you are a dog owner and a homeowner, you may wonder how you can give your pet the best outdoor experience while saving the best of your landscape. We understand it can be a challenge to keep a dog happy while preserving your outdoors, but it is possible – plus it can make for an even more interesting and exciting outdoor environment!

Denver Landscape DesignAs you consider landscaping ideas and options, be sure you understand the characteristics of your dog. Is Rex looking for a place to rest? Does Lulu want to sniff out the smells? Will Sparky explore everyone’s yard if possible? Knowing what your dog naturally wants to do is a good way to help determine what’s best to do in terms of the landscape.

Whether you’ve had a dog for years or you are considering getting a dog, we’ve got a list of dog-friendly landscaping tips that will improve your outdoor space and keep your pup happy!

A Path to Success: Dogs like to roam and often create regular paths around the yard. Watch the behavior of your pet and plan on adding a running track for exercise that blends in with other planted elements or design a long, winding path that gives an older dog exercise.

Mark the Spot: Male dogs, in particular, have an inherent desire to mark their territory at the outermost boundaries of a yard. If your pup is peeing in one spot over and over, or if you are getting a new dog and want to train him to relieve himself in a single place, plant an attractive piece of driftwood or sculptural piece of wood to encourage a marking post!

Castle Rock Landscaping CompanyEasy Does It: As you survey your landscape to make it dog-friendly, be sure to think about comfort for your animal. Gentle hardscape, such as smooth flagstone pavers, and smaller mulch are softer on the paws in all-weather while keeping your pup a bit cleaner on adventures.

Shady Retreats: Colorado summers can get hot for your four-legged friend! Consider a beautiful veranda, covered patio, gazebo or shady arbor that your dog can rest and enjoy a break from the Colorado sun. While you’re at it, think about adding a water feature that your dog can drink from or cool off in safely. These features look amazing in any landscape, so you and your family can enjoy them with Fido, too!

Planting Strategies: We know you will want beautiful plants, shrubs, and flowers to enjoy in your Colorado landscape and there’s no reason you can’t have this plus a dog as well! When considering planting options, landscape areas densely to discourage dogs from trampling on plantings. Also, think about raised beds or mounds and plant more mature, larger plants that get a head-start on your pup and are tough enough to handle any doggie visits. Ornamental grasses and shrubs can also protect beds that have more delicate foliage in the center.

Stop the Hop: Whether your dog wants to visit the neighbors, you are concerned about aggressive coyotes, or you are looking for a new landscaping feature, consider a fence! Fencing comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors and can not only control your pup’s activities, but it can also add value to your property and accent your landscape! If you’ve got a digger, consider adding natural stone, wood or decorative blocks at the base to keep Trixie on her home turf.

Ready to create your dog-friendly yard? We are here to help! Call The Landscaping Company at (303) 922-9889 or contact us online to sniff out all the options!

Let’s Get Cooking with Your Outdoor Kitchen

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As every homeowner knows, when it’s time to entertain, you can expect guests to be hanging out in the kitchen. The heart of the home, the kitchen is warm, inviting, and buzzing with activity. But while the kitchen inside your house invites a gathering, just try to keep people away when you have the outdoor kitchen of your dreams!

Outdoor kitchens are so popular in Colorado, and they can be designed, constructed, and used virtually year-round. By extending your living space, your new outdoor kitchen environment is an opportunity to add value, personality, functionality, and delight to your home and your life!

When it comes to creating your outdoor kitchen, The Landscaping Company is here to help. We offer extensive knowledge on what to consider when designing an outdoor kitchen to make the best use of space, what appliances and features will work to meet your goals, and the experience to build a high-quality kitchen to withstand Colorado’s changing seasons.

Outdoor Kitchen Options

Whether you know just what you want, or you are just getting underway with planning your outdoor kitchen, our expert team can help advise you on the full range of possibilities that can improve the outdoor cooking, dining, and living experience at your home.

  • Pizza ovens, built-in grills, fireplaces, and firepits
  • Outdoor kitchen barbecues and cooking areas
  • Outdoor-suitable appliances including stove, refrigerator, and grills
  • Kitchen cabinets, outdoor storage, work surfaces, and water supplies
  • Stone patios, eating areas, and seating spaces
  • Outdoor lighting and ambient lighting

Considerations for Outdoor Kitchens

As you let your dreams go wild in imagining your new outdoor kitchen, our team of experienced landscaping professionals can help advise what will work best in your space. Proper outdoor kitchen design and expert installation make for the best results!

  • Placement of the outdoor kitchen should consider easy access to the indoors, weather protection, good entertainment areas in the yard, and a safe distance from the house or other structures
  • Construction and design will include the selection of building materials including stonework, concrete, patio pavers, and more to optimize space, create functional zones and areas, and use colors to accentuate the environment.
  • Appliances and cooking methods should be chosen based on outdoor cooking and entertaining goals, plus safety considerations and budget.

 

Ready to get started creating your new outdoor kitchen? We are here to help! Check out our wide range of outdoor living and landscaping projects and call us at (303) 922-9889 or contact us online to get started!

What Should I Grow Between my Flagstone and Patio Pavers?

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With its wide variety of shapes and natural, earth-tone colors, flagstone pavers are the perfect accent to any Colorado landscape! While this popular paver adds character, beauty, and resilience to your outdoor patio project, sometimes a softer touch for patios is called for, and that’s where plantings between pavers come in!

Flagstone Foundations

Englewood Landscaping CompanyCompared to standard paving material options, flagstone is a step above in providing unique beauty and durability for Colorado homeowners. Flagstone is available in interesting shapes and sizes with a generally flat surface and the right thickness to create a solid foundation.

Flagstone is a non-slip stone and requires little maintenance. Forget about repairs, slipping, or breaking of pavers in your patio, walkway, or seating area! Flagstone is resistant to acid allowing it to be laid directly on the soil, although putting down a sand base provides longer-term stability and uniformity. Flagstone pavers easily stand up to Colorado weather for year-round beauty!

Adding Patio Personality

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Your flagstone patio will look beautiful on its own but why not consider adding life and personality to your outdoor environment? Plantings that will grow over time between flagstone patio pavers provide visual interest and soft underfoot comfort for you and your family!

With the correct selection and planting technique, filling the spaces between flagstone patio pavers help keep weeds from growing and gives a natural, soft feel to your path or patio. There are plenty of options to consider!

  • Thyme: A wide variety of thyme plants are popular as a ground cover plant that is easy to grow in full sun and dry and well-drained soil. You’ll enjoy the pretty, tiny colorful flowers and mats of foliage that are fragrant and soft underfoot!
  • Moss: Looking for a soft cushion as you stroll the garden? Moss is the answer! Easy to grow and care for, moss can fill small gaps and larger space. Moss likes damp, shady areas that stays regularly moist.
  • Blue Star Creeper: Charming light blue flowers, the Blue Star Creeper can fill even the most interesting patio paver gap shapes! This plant can survive in the full sun if kept moist but is easier to maintain in a shadier environment.
  • Clover: Clover and smaller, mini clover seeds are an easy way to add plants in otherwise difficult spaces and are an excellent option for growing between flagstone pavers. Clover doesn’t need much, just some moisture when planted a watering while the seeds are germinating. Enjoy clover between your flagstone paver in full sun or partial shade!
  • Lawn grass: Tired of pulling grass from in between pavers? Let it work for you! Turfgrass is an excellent filler, especially for pavers that are set a little wider apart. Grass can look clean and sharp and only needs mowing when you mow your lawn!

Tips for Patio Planting Success

No matter what type of plant you choose, be sure to consider the amount of sunshine and shade your pavers will receive each day. Select plants that are ground covers and will either have a flat, ground-level height or be up to two inches tall. Also, make sure the plant is hardy and durable to hold up well when being walked on!

Ground cover plants like loose soil between stones and some nutrients, especially when first planted. Plan on planting small pieces of a ground cover, each plant should be about a two to three inches wide, and space plantings six inches apart.

Be sure to water your plants! As with all new plantings, water regularly until the roots are adjusted and established. It’s easy to forget to water but keeping new plantings regularly moist is a sure-fire way to help them live and grow!

Are you thinking about getting underway with a new patio or other landscaping project? Call The Landscaping Company team at (303) 922-9889 or contact us to get your dream project underway!

Encouraging Hands-on Learning: How to Make Lawn Care Exciting to Kids

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As you’re well aware, caring for your yard and garden means there is always something to do! Kids are natural helpers and gardening is a great opportunity to give them responsibilities while encouraging them to learn about the natural world.

Instill a sense of fun for kids in the garden with rewarding jobs, new ways to learn, and tasks they can call their own. By working with you in the yard, your kids will gain valuable hands-on learning and feel a sense of pride in the results!

Now’s the Time

Almost any age and ability of child can help out in the yard! If you’ve got a toddler or a preschooler, it’s time to simply get them accustomed to being outdoors, the feel of the grass, and joining you as you undertake simple gardening tasks. For school-age children, get them involved! They can take on basic chores like weeding and water or harvesting from the vegetable garden. Older kids can take on more responsibilities including raking or managing a compost pile. No matter the age, now’s the time to get your kid excited about the outdoors!

Tailor the Task

To keep your child interested in gardening or yard work, try to assign a task that can be completed in 30 minutes. Or consider splitting up jobs into 15-minute cycles where your kids rotate between activities. Keeping a job manageable and in line with ability helps them succeed by doing the job completely and correctly.

Perfect Projects

Be creative when you think of specific projects your kids can do in the garden! Consider giving your kid their own space in the yard or pots to grow plants, flowers or vegetables from seeds. Assign them a row in the vegetable garden that they get to plant, grow, and eat their results! Do you have wildlife in your areas? Think about projects that grow plants that provide shade or food for nearby birds or animals. Even having your child make a wind chime or decoration are ways to enjoy the outdoor world!

Garden Cycles

Talk to your children about the many cycles in the garden while you’re working together. Sharing how the garden and lawn grows, what stage it’s at in the particular season, when we feed and water plus why, and tips on how we care for our landscapes keeps them interested and engaged! Talk about how plants grow from seeds, the different environments they thrive in, watering and feeding, and options to compost them are fascinating concepts to kids and helps them understand the natural cycles.

No matter what ideas you come up with to encourage hands-on learning in your yard, your kids will be delighted to be part of the action and to help! If you think this is the year for a landscape upgrade, contact us! We are happy to discuss ideas and even get your children’s input on how best design your new, outdoor living space!

Compost vs. Mulch: What’s the Difference?

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What’s good for your yard, protection for your garden, and easy to create yourself? You got it – both compost and mulch! But what is the difference between these two landscaping staples and how can they be used effectively in your Colorado garden? Let’s have a look.

What’s the Difference Between Compost and Mulch:

Compost
Backyard Compost Bins

Compost is an organic matter that has decomposed and turned into a rich, dark brown color that has only a mild odor. Many items can be composted including vegetables and food scraps, paper napkins, hay and grasses, eggshells, dried up old spices, pet hair, lawn clippings, and paper towels to name a few!

You can create compost at your home (check your city ordinances for any wildlife concerns) by creating a pile, using a composter in the backyard, or a container in your kitchen. Many Colorado waste collection services will allow you to separate compostable items into a bin that they will collect to create community-available compost.

Mulch is also an organic matter that requires no aging or decomposing before it is used. There’s a wide range of materials that can be used as mulch including grass clippings, straw, shredded leaves, and cedar chips.

Because mulch is a ready-made material, there’s very little prep you need to do to have it available to use in your yard. Grass clippings, for example, can be used immediately and leaves just need to be put through a shredder to use effectively.

Where in My Yard do I Use Compost vs Mulch?

Mulch
Using Fallen Leaves as Mulch

So now we know what compost and mulch are, how do you use them in your landscape?

Compost has many uses: As an amendment to Colorado’s challenging soil, you can add or dig compost into garden beds, add compost to the soil when you are adding new plants, and turn it into your vegetable garden for extra food for your plants. Compost is full of great nutrients to kick-start your landscape.

Where compost is used inside your soil, mulch is applied on top of your landscape.

Mulch helps to keep weeds from germinating, insulate the ground from extreme temperatures and intense sun, reduce erosion, and helps our dry Colorado gardens retain moisture. Mulch will gradually break down over time and, when this happens, also adds some nutrients to the soil.

Go Organic with BOTH Compost and Mulch

From within the soil and on top of the soil, compost and mulch are the dynamic duo for successful Colorado landscapes.

Get in the habit of adding high-quality compost to your soil when:

  • You are planting, transplanting, starting new beds, caring for established plants, and getting your vegetable garden ready for a new season.
  • Compost is a natural way to apply a slow-release fertilizer for plants.

Mulch also provides many benefits for your Colorado soil:

  • A natural way to help the soil keep precious moisture, mulch holds in water and minimizes evaporation from rainfall, snowfall, and watering. This protection allows plants to flourish.
  • Likewise, mulch will fight weeds and regulator soil temperatures during temperamental Colorado weather. Mulches also come in nice, natural colors to help define areas of your landscape and add further beauty.

Are you planning your home landscaping projects for the upcoming season? Contact us! The Landscaping Company are experts in creating, installing, and maintaining the most beautiful landscapes in the Denver metro area – we are here to help your landscape look its best!

Colorado Gardening for Beginners: Essentials for Your New Garden Checklist

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There’s nothing quite like planning, preparing, and planting a garden and watching it come to life in beautiful, glorious color. While gardening in Colorado has many challenges, when it is successful, it offers an even greater feeling of pride when your garden comes alive!

Whether you are planning beautiful beds, looking to cultivate a particular plant species, or you’re determined to have vegetables this summer, gardening in Colorado takes a good deal of learning and patience to reap the best results. Our arid climate, changing temperatures, poor soil, high winds, and wildlife all try to conspire against gardeners requiring us to be even more resilient to achieve success!

With a few essentials to consider as you set out, you’ll soon have a good idea of what will work best in your yard and you’ll be on your way:

Site Selection

Take time to evaluate your yard to understand the many different growing environments that are possible. What areas are exposed to the strong, Colorado sun? Where are the pockets of shade? Are there spaces that would benefit from extra irrigation? If you have children or animals, where will they want to run and play? If there are already landscape beds or older plantings in place, are they thriving or dying? What kinds of trees do you have in the garden?

Understanding your garden’s natural state will help you plan where plantings might go, if a vegetable garden is possible, whether a xeric area is needed, and much more. Map out the garden ahead of time and identify these unique characteristics to help you plan.

Going Native

As you think about the kinds of plants and flowers you will add to your Colorado garden, expect to have better success by choosing plants that are native to the area or mountainous, higher elevation regions. Colorado has a natural selection of beautiful, colorful flowers and perennial plants that will love your garden!

In addition to colorful flowers, consider many of Colorado’s native grasses and shrubs that are adapted to our unique environment. Landscaping and gardening with native plants mean they are more likely to survive year-after-year to help you cultivate a mature garden that only gets better over time. The Colorado Native Plant Society offers a helpful reference list of suggested native plants to consider.

Irrigation Matters

Because of Colorado’s higher elevation, the sun is even stronger than in other states. This direct, hot sunshine, coupled with low humidity, means you should consider the irrigation needs of your new garden. Consider whether you are willing to hand water, sometimes more than once a day in the summer for new plantings, or if you’d prefer the convenience of automatic irrigation.

Professionally-installed irrigation systems can save you money and time by watering on a schedule that avoids evaporation and gives plants deep soaking for best results.

Raise Things Up

If you are unable to find a good site in your garden to grow a particular type of plant you desire or create an abundant vegetable garden, think about raised beds! Gardening using raised beds solves many problems as irrigation can be easier, soil can be amended, and it’s easier to work, plant, and weed.

Raised beds offer the opportunity to garden earlier, as the soil heats up sooner, and garden later into the season as you can more easily protect your garden. Using untreated lumber as the frame, you can also make your garden as large or small as you like or have more than one for different types of plants. In addition to using raised beds as part of a landscape project, building a raised bed for vegetables offers so many advantages over trying to get bountiful crops from the Colorado ground.

Even though Colorado gardening can be a challenge for beginners, it’s worth the effort! With so many days of sunshine and natural moisture from winter snowfalls, you can create a garden that is healthy year-round and produces the brilliance you are looking for knowing “you did it!”

If you’re interested in professional landscaping and outstanding beauty in your garden, contact us! We offer more than 20 years of experience creating lush, successful gardens and landscapes throughout Denver metro area and can help you create the Colorado garden of your dreams!

Get Your Lawn Ready for Spring with These Five Landscaping Tips

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If you’re anything like us, you’re itching to get back out into the garden! Colorado gardeners can get a little stir crazy in the winter months wanting to start pruning, preparing, and planning for the coming outdoor season. While it’s still some weeks away until we can get going on this year’s gardening activities, there are things you can do to help get your lawn ready for spring!
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Look for days when it’s warm enough to bundle up and work outside, there’s no snow on the ground, and any ice has melted. Once this kind of weather arrives, follow the following tips to get your yard in the best possible shape to thrive this spring.

Careful Clean-Up

While you may have cleaned up leaves on your lawn in the fall, chances are that the winter Colorado winds and snowfall have turned up more debris on your grass. Too many leaves lying on the grass create an environment for disease to grow during the fluctuating warm and cold days. Leaves can also smooth down the grass and make flat patches.

Work to get your lawn as clean and tidy as possible. Gently rake up leaves or, if there aren’t that many, take the time to walk around and pick them up. Also, collect any small twigs or branches that have landed in your yard. Help your lawn stay healthy in the home stretch of winter!

Your grass is only just beginning to awaken from its winter slumber. Try to avoid walking on dormant grass, letting kids play too hard on the turf, and watch dogs or pets that are making repetitive patterns or trails in the yard. Too much wear-and-tear while grass is dormant can cause long-term damage and inhibit the greening of grass as we enter springtime.

Prepare for Pests

You might have areas of your lawn that are free and clear from snow while other areas still have a protective patch of snow. These dry areas, usually south and west facing, can create an ideal environment for mites. This breeding ground for Colorado mites can cause severe damage to lawns and can cause dead patches and turf damage.

Mites can’t tolerate moist conditions so, when the temperature rises 40 degrees, plan on giving it water. Don’t water, however, in below freezing temperatures. This winter watering can help prevent and control mites and enable a lush lawn for spring.

Mower Maintenance

A sharp mower blade is important to keep your lawn healthy and green as it begins to grow in spring and during the height of the growing season in summer. If your lawnmower blades are dull, they don’t cut the grass but tear it instead. Ouch! Torn grass blades are more prone to disease, which, in turn, can cause more problems.

Remember the edging you may have run over last summer? Or the rock you mowed because it couldn’t be seen? Now is a great time to inspect your mower parts, replace anything that is worn, and get new mower blades if yours are worn.
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Aeration and Fertilization

Before you know it, you are going to find days are warming up and your lawn is coming to life. Keep an eye on the upcoming weather patterns to identify when the time is right to schedule aeration and fertilization. In Colorado, this optimal window can be anywhere between early March and mid-April, and you want to be ready!

Core aeration and seasonal fertilizing are one of the best things you can do for a beautiful spring lawn! Turf soil gets compacted and needs to be aerated to allow the lawn to get oxygen and needed nutrients. Following up with fertilizer ensure the right nutrients get down deep in the lawn.

Not sure when to start or how to undertake your preparation for a beautiful Colorado lawn? Call us at (303) 922-9889 or contact us! We are your full-service landscaping company from lawn maintenance to custom landscaping, we deliver it all with incredible value and outstanding service. We’d love to get your lawn looking great this season!

Top Three Best Practices to Follow When Planning Your Ideal Landscape Design

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Denver Landscape DesignHave you been dreaming about the ideal outdoor environment for some time but, as you get close to the big project, you don’t know where to begin? It can be overwhelming thinking about the many elements that go into successful, functional, and beautiful landscape design.

We break it down for you:

Consider the Climate You Live In

Here in Colorado, the regional climate can vary widely. Higher altitudes, intense sunshine, strong winds, and inconsistent rainfall and precipitation can make it a challenge to plan out just the right landscaping approach.

As you start thinking about how your landscape design, become familiar with what types of plants and trees will work best. Visit the interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map to determine your zone that will help guide your thoughts on what plants will thrive in your yard.

Because of Colorado’s arid environment, also give thought to how it can be maintained to remain attractive while being sustainable and an environmentally friendly landscape. Consider any irrigation needs you will have, water conservation or xeriscape landscaping options, your approach to fertilizing and feeding your lawn and plants, and environmentally-friendly LED lighting designs to showcase your new outdoor space.

User-Friendly Design (aka Who is Actually Using it?)

While grand gardens, natural swimming pools, and sweeping lawns are beautiful design options to enjoy, be sure to give thought to who will be using your yard and how you want to use it – both now and in the future. Think about children, grandchildren, and pets that might use your yard. Are you looking forward to hosting parties and entertaining? Do you want to grow vegetables or are you looking for low maintenance? What kind of privacy options will you need?

Examining how you live your life, and how you want to experience your personal outdoor space, is important to align with your landscape design plans. Being realistic about how you plan to use your outdoor living areas, who you will be spending it with, and how much you’d like to spend on creating and maintaining this space will help ensure the process of landscape design will successfully meet your goals!

Landscape Design Cherry Hills VillageThoughts on Themes

Are you looking for a formal yard, wild cottage garden, or an area for contemplation and serenity? Are there specific types of plants and trees or colors and shapes that you prefer? What style of architecture is your home? Are you seeking curving geometry of pathways, patios, and water features? Or are you more interested in modern lines of pergolas, decks, seating areas, and contemporary outdoor kitchens?

While many people focus on the backyard for landscape ideas and projects, don’t forget the front! Beautiful walkways, fencing options, lighting, and plantings in the front yard can tie together your entire property and make a personal statement about you!

Creating new spaces and linking spaces can truly transform your outdoor living environment. Virtually any option can be created, but it’s essential to know your preferences before you begin the design process.

Bonus Tip: Partner with a Landscape Design Professional

While there are best practices that can help tie your landscape project together, consider partnering with a landscape design and installation professional for the very best results.

The Landscaping Company, based in Englewood, CO, has been transforming landscapes in the Front Range for more than 20 years! Using our many years of experience and knowledge of Colorado gardens can ensure you are correctly guided through the landscape design process to achieve the outdoor environment you’ve imagined without wasting time or money.

Call us at (303) 922-9889 or contact us online and let’s start making your landscape dreams a reality!