For homeowners who love being outdoors in the warmth and sunshine, spring can’t come soon enough. One of the most exciting things to do is observe your property and decide what upgrades are right for this season. There are plenty of enticing landscaping enhancements to consider, whether you’re aiming for softscaping or hardscaping.
Focus on the Soft Stuff
If you have spent the past few springs extending the square footage of your outdoor space and adding all-weather elements like a patio or fireplace, this may be the season for softscaping. You can make additions to your yard with living, thriving elements that add a harmonious and powerful mark to your landscaping:
- Blend. Maybe you already have a trickling water fountain. An excellent accompaniment is a path leading up to the fountain edged by tall, rough grass. Blend soft and hard elements for a delightful combo of textures.
- Listen. The ambiance of your landscaping is about what is heard and not just what’s seen. Crunching pebbles and a crackling fire pit create beautiful sounds, but so too do the rustling leaves of trees or leafy shrubs.
- Look. What do you see when you go outside? Is your outdoor space dominated by pavers? Spring is a great time to expand the cohesiveness of your yard with more color and softscaping in the way of vibrant flowers or trees with unique bark.
Add Customized Hardscaping
When it comes to hardscape construction, the ingredients of proportion, scale, weight, and form are especially important. The landscape experts create designs that are visually pleasing, harmonious, and work with what you want this spring and beyond. These elements are meant to last after all.
Hardscaping evolves best when it complements softscaping and vice versa, so if you’ve long been focused on the natural beauty of your outdoor space, it makes sense to look at robust hardscaping options and how all outdoor features can coexist.
- Walkways or steps. Whether stacked stone, bricks, or pavers make up the bulk of a walkway or set of steps, this element sets the stage for navigating your backyard. Soften it with a stunning array of colorful flowers.
- Water features.Water automatically belongs to the softscape category, so when it comes to the water features themselves, think of hardscaping like waterfalls, waterwalls, or bubblers.
- Seat wall.Everyone needs a place to sit if you’re spending time outside. Maximize the space with a seat wall that offers a useful purpose, architectural interest, and physical beauty. A stylish seating area can define the space and transition between outdoor spaces.
Spring Into the Right Landscaping Decisions
Springtime is known for filling homeowners’ heads with ideas for their outdoor space. Get support for your dreams and prioritize the upgrades to your patio, yard, pathways, and more with help from experienced landscape designers. Contact Visionary Landscaping in Shelby Township, MI, to schedule a consultation.
