It
is often the case that you are disturbed by your garden eyesores and
those in the immediate neighborhood. Also the passersby are distracted
by these monstrosities, instead of being drawn by the pleasant view of
your garden. How would you deal with those irritants? Here are 4 useful landscaping ideas to add quality to your home life.
Screening eyesores outside the garden fence
Utility
poles that support power, telephone and cable television lines along
your fence can surely be an eyesore. Even rooflines in the vicinity can spoil the view of your landscape. A tall hedging and
screening seems to be the natural answer to this problem. But it has a
diminutive effect on your garden which you wouldn’t like at all.A viable
alternative could be to use plants of varying heights and textures in
many layers to create a thick and rich floral screen. This would annul the unseemly distraction of the eyesores outside the garden fence.
Hiding from view installations and fittings within the fence
It
is just not the case that all landscaping dampers are outside your
fence. There are several ‘insiders’ that demand your attention and
action like your HVAC machinery, propane tanks and downspouts. These
installations and fittings are utility oriented, and so how well they go
with your landscape is generally of the least concern.
However, there is ample diversity of attractive rain cuffs or metal drainpipes available for you – pleasing to the eye with captivating glaze and polish. You can think of replacing the worn out old order downspouts with these new order ones which will surely lend aesthetic support to your landscape. And you won’t regret it.
There is a very pleasant solution
with greens to tackle the unwelcome view of the other ‘insiders’ – your
HVAC machinery and propane tanks: with the guidance of a landscape
expert you can create an aesthetic screening of foliage of different
colors, textures, larger and smaller dimensions, and shapes and shadows
Surface Water Draining
You
may be a great landscape lover, and yet you may not know that a crucial
factor – poor drainage structures – can play havoc with your landscape. Rainfall is quite essential for augmentation of ground water level. However, frequent and persistent rainfalls can adversely affect your landscape. You need to have a good drainage structure in place to maintain quality landscape.
Noise absorption
May be it’s news to you that your landscape, if properly designed, can help you combat noise pollution inside and around. Woody plants with thick and rough bark, and large and thick leaves can absorb sounds. The wider the taller and the thicker the greenery,the less would be the disturbing noise level.
