Taking on any landscaping project at home can be stressful. There are a number of tools and materials to consider, along with coordinating delivery times, ensuring you have all the proper safety gear and permits if necessary, and deciding where everything is going to live even temporarily as your work progresses. However, if you follow … Continue reading Why a Proper Landscape Design Process is Important
Many of us love to spend our summer afternoons and evenings entertaining friends and family. But how do you make your summer party stand out? Perhaps you focus on the food, the decorations, or making sure there are plenty of cool drinks and fun games at hand. You might also be concerned about cleanliness, keeping … Continue reading Simple Hacks for Outdoor Entertaining
Your basic outdoor kitchen plan can make food prep much more convenient and safer, or can get in the way of your outdoor entertaining. It’s all about the features you include and how you lay them out. Here are some tips to help you envision an outdoor kitchen that can make your food prep a … Continue reading Benefits of Basic Outdoor Kitchen Plans
With spring on the way, it’s time to start thinking about landscaping projects. That’s where a landscape design style guide can really help you find what you want your landscaping to say about you and your home. There are a number of types of landscape design styles, each with unique attributes. These styles include Japanese, … Continue reading Landscape Design Style Guide
Just as you are saying farewell to your guests, everyone is putting on their coats and walking out the door, you say: “Bill forgot your gloves…oh, and Sally, remind Jim to watch the roads tonight; it’s slippery out.” Then, another couple pauses to thank you for that wonderful meal you and your wife had put … Continue reading Courtyards: Landscape Design For Your Front Entrance
If you have a deck, or are certain that you want one, you’ll need to surround it with sound landscape design. There are many landscaping ideas built around decks. The goal with each deck design is to provide the perfect base for a backyard setting, while strategically combining the deck with various creative backyard … Continue reading Three Awesome Landscaping Ideas Built Around Decks
A pergola can enrich your outdoor space in looks and practicality. Explore different backyard landscaping ideas with pergolas and the advantages of adding a pergola to your outdoor living space. What is a Pergola? A pergola is an outdoor structure with a roof. It has columns that support a roofing grid of beams and rafters. … Continue reading Landscape Design Ideas with Pergolas
When you already have a big water feature in your yard, it can be a challenge to plan your outdoor space. You need backyard landscaping design ideas with inground pools already planned in. Pools and hot tubs both take up a lot of room in your yard or, in the case of hot tubs, on … Continue reading Landscape Design with Existing Pools and Hot Tubs in Mind
It’s December and everyone here at Natural Landscape Group would like to wish the best of the holiday season to you and your family. Is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to transform your current landscape design? If so, you don’t need to wait for the calendar to flip to January to get started. In … Continue reading When It Comes to Planning Your Landscaping Project, Earlier is Better
You’ve decided to transform your outdoor living space. That’s the easy part. Now comes the hard part: Deciding. What you want Where it should all go How to make it happen Some factors might be a little beyond your control, such as the type of soil you have in your backyard. While other factors, like … Continue reading 5 Factors That Influence Your Landscape Design
