What’s Hot In Backyard Design in 2018 [6 Tips to an Amazing Yard]

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Whats Hot In Backyard Design in 2018 6 Tips to
an Amazing Yard
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Aiming for a new look for your outdoor oasis?
Check out whats hot in backyard design!

• You might be looking for some of the latest
  and greatest gardening and landscaping ideas to
  make your space just that little bit more
  special. If so, youve come to the right place!
  The following are unique design concepts that are
  currently topping the gardening charts

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Landscaping With Edibles

• Most of the time, people plan their landscaping
  to include an herb and veggie garden separate
  from their florals and other more ornamental
  landscaping, but the trend now is to mix and
  mingle the edibles with the decorative.
• Its a perfect way to keep the edibles front and
  center, and in some cases, the florals can help
  protect them from insects. Marigolds, sunflowers
  and lavender are just three examples of
  ornamental plants that can help protect your
  veggie plants from pests!

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• For extra fun, investigate and try your green
  thumb at growing a new veggie this year.
  Cucamelon, anyone? They are a cucumber watermelon
  hybrid that grow more or less like cucumbers do
  but are smaller, with a tinge of sour. Perfect
  for pickling.

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Planning For Climate Change

• Global warming is here to stay, so gardening
  in sustainable ways that match the current trends
  in weather makes sense. In our neck of the woods,
  designing your landscape to handle more water
  from wetter winters and more heat from drier
  summers is the best way to go.

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• Drought tolerant, low maintenance plants, good
  water drainage and decks that are properly
  treated to avoid wood rot are just a few of the
  ways you can improve your landscape with the
  environment in mind. Another big trend is
  planning for less lawn and more garden, including
  raised or multi-level beds, more natural looking
  mixes of tall grasses and foliage and even adding
  wildflowers, that are hardier and more resistant
  to changes in the environment.

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• If you dont already have a rain barrel, get
  one! They come with spigots, so you can fill your
  watering can and hydrate your favorite flowers
  and plants without using municipal resources.
  Makes sense, right?

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Keeping It Real. Your Garden, That Is

• For a few years, the trend in landscaping was
  about bigger, better and more. The fancier your
  backyard was, the better. These days, the trend
  is towards a more natural, rather than stylized,
  design. Following the flow of a garden and
  working with its existing qualities, rather than
  imposing large, expensive, and unnatural
  additions that dont add any calm to the space.

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• Invest instead in high quality craftsmanship,
  rather than elaborate and overdone designs. That
  concept has never been out of style! If you want
  to create a long retaining wall along one edge of
  your garden, you can! Just make sure you blend it
  into the existing landscape by using natural
  stones and high-grade materials for a project
  that is done well the first time!

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• Another great option is to go for an eclectic
  design by mixing your old landscape with
  something new. No need to raz down the whole
  backyard to change things up! Just look at what
  you can and want to preserve in your current
  design and develop a plan that works around it.

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Enhance Your Calm With Water

• A great way to add value and calm, without being
  over the top, is to consider a water feature. It
  doesnt have to be huge or complicated even a
  standalone fountain can make a big impact without
  being ostentatious.
• Surrounding your water feature with compatible
  plants and rocks keeps it natural looking.

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Add Comfort And Chairs Further From The Back
Door

• Gone are the days with those old plastic
  webbing flip out chairs that left awful marks on
  the back of your legs and werent that
  comfortable! Worse still, you couldnt leave them
  out for even one season without finding them
  deteriorated and raggedy by autumn. Now you can
  have a sofa, loveseat, chairs and swings, all in
  gorgeous weather resistant fabrics that will make
  you want to stay outside for hours, all summer
  long. Add an outdoor pizza oven, along with your
  grill, and you barely need to venture inside
  after June 1st!

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• An interesting trend is the idea of putting a
  deck and the eating area further away from the
  house, getting away from the traditional deck
  that comes straight off the back. It creates an
  island, as it were, in your yard, which you can
  surround with lush plants, an arbour or container
  gardens. If you have a pool or other visual
  feature in your yard, this can be a great way to
  enhance it!

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Making Outdoor Play Space For EVERYONE

• Sure, you can have a swing set for the
  littles, but how about a bocce or boules court
  for the big kids? All the studies say that
  North Americans arent active enough, so if you
  have the room, setting up a space for badminton,
  or bocce, will get friends and family coming to
  your house for the weekend barbecue, more often
  than not! After all, its nice to sit on the
  outdoor furniture and sip a cocktail its even
  better to beat Uncle Lenny at a rousing game of
  horseshoes!

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• Whatever trend suits you, have a lot of fun in
  your garden this upcoming season by planning it
  now! Youll be ready to roll when the warmer
  weather is here to stay.