Hardscaping Ideas to Enhance Your Home and Garden.

Hardscapes can be formal or informal, depending on the style of your home and surrounding landscape. With hardscaping, textural variety is important and should be considered carefully. On the one hand, using only one texture or material can make the area appear dull and lifeless. Yet, using too many textures can make the surrounding area appear unattractive and cluttered.

So what do you do? Find balance. It's generally better to choose no more than two or three textures or hardscape materials. These should be both visually appealing and complement your home's exterior. This also includes color. When designing with hardscape elements, also consider your drainage patterns.

When planned out carefully, hardscape gardening features can and should improve the overall appearance of the home landscape, not take away from it.

Pavers are comparative in price to textured concrete, for jobs that don't require a great deal of additional engineering. However, pavers have the added advantage of being more forgiving than concrete. Even badly stained or chipped pavers can be quickly and easily replaced. Concrete on the other hand is costly and time consuming to replace.

Stone, historically the longest-used paving material, has proven itself to be enduring and elegant. It offers an enormous range of colors, shapes, and sizes. From irregularly shaped Arizona flagstone for an informal look, to precision-cut geometric patterns for a formal patio, there is a stone for every garden.

Brick is another hardscape material that has been used for centuries. Brick is either made from fired clay or concrete, and is available in many color choices. Brick is very versatile in its application – it is just as at home in a cottage garden as in a grand estate. Often considered old fashion or traditional, there are some homes and applications that just scream for brick.

If you need help with this and selecting the correct pavers, stone or brick for the job please contact us at 704-463-0174 and let our design expert guide you every step of the way.

Chad Little
Bushwackers Landscaping
44543 US Highway 52 N,
Richfield, NC 28137
Phone: 704.463.0174
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