Designing a gorgeous garden that will enhance the beauty and value of your home is easier and more affordable than you think. Our 3-step garden design process is not only fun for the do-it-yourself gardener, it's an easy way to create a garden that will be the envy of your neighbours. We can also recommend a professional landscaping contractor to do the hardscape, digging, and planting once your garden design is complete.
Good garden design starts with the architectural style of your house, the direction it faces, the size of your property, the features and functions you want, the type of soil you have, and anything near your home that needs hiding. Even in a small garden, you still need a focal point.
And every plant, shrub and tree in a small garden must do double or triple duty, meaning they have as many as possible of: flowers, fragrance, interesting foliage, fall colour, and winter interest.Our garden designs for front gardens have curb appeal. Every real estate agent will tell you curb appeal is critical when it is time to sell your home.
Good garden design starts with the architectural style of your house, the direction it faces, the size of your property, the features and functions you want, the type of soil you have, and anything near your home that needs hiding. Even in a small garden, you still need a focal point.
And every plant, shrub and tree in a small garden must do double or triple duty, meaning they have as many as possible of: flowers, fragrance, interesting foliage, fall colour, and winter interest.Our garden designs for front gardens have curb appeal. Every real estate agent will tell you curb appeal is critical when it is time to sell your home.
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You've invested hundreds of thousands of dollars-maybe even a million dollars, or more-into your new house. Yet most people spend no money on the landscaping or garden design, which adds to your enjoyment and enhances your investment. Every real estate agent will tell you that the right professional landscaping and garden design will add substantially to the value of your home, which is critical when it's time to sell.
I'm a graduate of the combined Horticulture and Agriculture program of the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. The Ridgetown Campus was established in 1922 and hosts about 500 diploma and certificate students each year. Ridgetown is one of the best-known and most prestigious colleges in Canada for people who want to study garden design, horticulture, and agriculture seriously.
Everything great starts with great design. This is true for fashion, architecture, cars, jewelry, furniture, software, aircraft, and transit systems. This is true of great gardens, too. Design thinking is what separates great garden design from "just OK" design. Great design is important in a garden because gardens take time to establish; it is not easy to move mature trees, for example.
The purpose of landscape design and garden design is to make your property more enjoyable and look great while improving the resale value of your house by 10% to 15%. The house and the surrounding property are not two separate parts, they are in fact, one. It is critical to incorporate your needs and wants into the design, to reflect your unique garden personality.
This photo of a giant stainless steel garden spade was taken in 2005, for the company's 110th anniversary. When you want to build a custom home, you commission an architect to draw the blueprints of your new house. When you want to decorate your new home, you may hire an interior designer or an interior decorator to help you with colours, textures, furniture placement, artwork, and accessories.
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