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Help with Simple Landscape

Clarencio08
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Help with Simple Landscape

Hello everyone,

 

I would like to do my own backyard to save money but I have zero experience.

Will it be a hopeless task or Is it attainable?

I do not know where to start or what sort of equipment to use as I have a very limited space to put machinery in.

 

I am just thinking of putting up a simple backyard which is just in ground 1m Garden Beds on all sides of backyard and maybe just sow around a nice soil which I do not know how to proceed with.

 

Ang advice would definitely help! Thanks in advance! 😄

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Jewelleryrescue
Kind of a Big Deal

Re: Help with Simple Landscape

Hi @Clarencio08 

 

Well the plus side is you have a great back yard  and a blank canvas to create some thing wonderfull.

 

You need a plan clearly thats why your here.

I would look at as many lovly gardens, and landscaping  effects in person or tv or online.

1) Write down or note the things you like and take/save  pictures of  everything you like  later you can look at them all and pick the features and plant types you like the most.   Also consider there are different gardening styles formal or cottage style garden to name two you may like zones show casing various areas  making little zones.  You might choose to follow a style  that will suggest  certain plants and arrangments to  make  your life easier.  But  a style is just a guide .

 

2) There are  several gardening apps  too lay out your back yard space  and let you add  features you like and some let you do virtual walk through before you even open the backdoor to start work.  It is very usefull to have a  drawn plan to talk to people and suppliers with  some measurements on it so you can cost things out before hand.  I have  not used  such  apps to recommend  any of  late.

 

3  Or you can start doing things  gradually like you might want grass  first,  then a  bbq area etc This  gradual approach  can  be following a  drawn plan or you can  wing it.

 

4 As you start adding landscaping trees and garden beds  etc This  may inspire you  to new upgraded  ideas once you see your  yard first hand growing  before you eyes.

 

If you  have a  drawing plan it will help save you $$$ as if you know you want a   surround garden  bed then you can order less turf to  spend on the garden  bed instead.

 

Do your home  work so you get exactly what you want first time and then you can do this in planned stages.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

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