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landscaping for the fun of kids

My name is Amelia - welcome to my blog! I am the mother of four very active boys ranging from 9 years to 3 years. When I am making improvements around my home and my property, I try to focus on how I can make those improvements while keeping things fun for the kids. This past year, I worked with a landscaper to create an outdoor environment that was fun for the kids, but looked nice from the road. I wanted the landscaper to design some elements into the yard that the kids could limb around on and let their imaginations run wild without having to worry about things getting destroyed in the process.

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4 Landscaping Maintenance And Design Tips To Prepare Your Yard For Outdoor Living Space

The landscaping outside of your back door is something that you will want to consider making changes to create an outdoor living space. You want to consider maintenance, plants and hardscaping features that you have outside. The following tips will help you prepare your backyard for outdoor living space design: 

Options for Surfaces and Turf to Create Attractive Outdoor Living Space Designs  

The surfaces for your outdoor living space may require different combinations of materials. First, consider pavers to create durable floor surfaces for these areas. For a low-maintenance green lawn in these areas, artificial turf is a great option to finish the areas around plants and where you do not have pavements or other materials. Artificial turfs that use soil mediums will give the lawn areas around outdoor living space a natural look and feel.  

Choosing Attractive Low-Maintenance Plants to Add Life to Outdoor Living Space Designs  

When creating an outdoor living space for your home, you are going to want to add life with the right plants. The challenge is to choose the right combination of low-maintenance plants to complete the design of your outdoor living space. This is something that you will want to have the help of a professional landscaping service to choose the right combination of plants and materials to use in the landscaping around outdoor living space.  

Adding Hardscaping to Create More Space and Attractive Design Features of Outdoor Living Spaces  

Hardscaping can be an important part of your outdoor living space design. To start, you may want to consider installing retaining walls to add more valuable and usable terrain. These features can include built-in seating and other outdoor designs built into them to give you everything you need for the design of your outdoor space.  

Adding Coverings and Outdoor Seating Areas to Complete Your Outdoor Living Space With The Features You Want  

These are many options to add covered spaces to your outdoor spaces. This can be features that are connected to your home with awnings, sunrooms and patio enclosures. You may also want to consider using canvas canopies or permanent pavilion features that are separated from your home to your new outdoor landscaping design.  

These are some tips that will help with the improvements you want to do for your landscaping to create an attractive outdoor living space design. If you are ready to start with improvements to the design of landscaping, contact a landscaping service like Estate Landscape and talk to them about some of these ideas for outdoor living space.