Easy Landscaping tips for Residential Lawns

One of the first things anyone notices

about your house is the lawn. Most

residential lawns are located at the

front end of the house and thus serve

either as a lead up to the main entrance

or frame it in a certain way. In this

way, lawns are like appetizers for the

main course, the house itself.

What is Landscaping?

Popular belief is that landscaping is a

luxury hobby, but it really is not.

Landscaping refers to any action that can visibly modify any area of land. It can include the basic

gardening, addition of plants or shrubbery, changing terrains, adding paths and walkways and in rare

cases, fountains and waterways. Landscaping is the way to set the perfect entrance to your home.

In recent years landscaping has developed into a proper profession which is a great development from the

traditional gardening that is practiced in most Pakistani homes. However, what people don’t realize is

that even with a common gardener, one can open so many landscaping options and do a great deal of

work with limited resources.

Use trees

Something as simple and easy as planting a tree is landscaping? You would be surprised at how much

artistically placed trees can do for your lawn. Aside from the usual benefits of trees like shade and

greenery, trees can also serve as focal points in your lawn. This is because trees are plants which can be

seen in comparison to the house hence, they are more noticeable and have a greater effect on ambience.

However, landscaping involves more than just planting trees randomly across your lawn. If you have a

large entryway, trees can be used along the pathway to create a natural corridor. If you don’t have this

luxury, you can even use a single tree, and surround it with an island bed of other plants. This bed of

plants can then be surrounded by stones to give it a neat finishing touch and to also define its boundaries.

Colorful Doorways

The part of the lawn closest to the door should in a way, welcome the person who’s entering. To get this

affect, one can use nursery beds that are on either side of the door. A series of assorted plants and flowers

can be planted in these nursery beds giving your home a fresh and fragrant entrance.

The best part about decorating using plants is that they are natural, cheap and you can use any type which

you find appealing. Typically hydrangeas and roses are used to decorate entryways so that your entrance

is colorful and appealing.

Use varying elevations

During construction, large amounts of earth or dirt are dug out to make space for construction. Instead of

discarding it all, one can use it to add different elevations within the lawn to make it stand out. Not only

can the earth be used to make elevated nursery beds, but it more importantly it can be used to create

sloping lawns, which not only look good, but are a great attraction for children.

All of these techniques are easy to do and can be conveniently done by your very own household

gardener. More importantly, these small techniques will make your lawn more artistic, colorful and make

it a nice reference point for the rest of the house.