Important Landscaping Tips for Toronto Homeowners

As with most topics, there are several ideas for landscaping in Toronto that pros will tell you get overlooked often. Below are a few of those things.

Consider Every Angle – As beautiful as a thing can be, if it is only beautiful in your yard when you are viewing it from a single, specific place, it is probably not a great feature (at least, not where it is now.) Do not build a feature that only looks good from one direction or angle. This can make your landscape design feel cheap, hasty, or poorly-considered. Instead, if you are in love with whatever the feature is (statue, trellis, etc.) consider if there is a way it can be moved to a location where it can only be viewed from the proper angle. A good example would be moving your ornate bench to rest against the side of your house instead of the middle of the yard.

Be Consistent – As noted previously, consistency is key. But that does not just mean make sure your stonework is all the same basic color scheme. Make sure you do not try to chase too many ideas at once. For example, having a front yard and a back yard that are wildly different in aesthetic design might seem like a good idea from the perspective of having varied environments. But unless you sit extremely far back off the road, or have a full privacy fence, it is going to create a conflicting feel when viewed by an outsider. And if you are aiming to resell later, it can make the sale that much harder. Pick a theme you are in love with and stick with it consistently.

Seating – More than a few DIY landscape designers have finished their grand projects only to stop and say “Wait, where do I sit?” If you are not incorporating seating into your designs you are forgetting a key point – how will you stop to enjoy the fruits of your labor? Unless your ideal landscape is a labyrinthine hedge maze, eventually you will want to sit down, breathe the fresh air, and take in the whole of the beautiful natural scenery around you.

Let it Grow – Take a breath and let the work you have done age before deciding to rip it out and replace it with a new landscaping idea. See how your stone takes on a new hue, your trees grow, your flowers flourish. And if it has become a bit stale after a while, consider the best ways to use what you have with new elements. Sometimes starting back at zero is not the best option. Let your landscaping evolve over time.

Maintenance Phase: Long-Lasting Landscape
Once the job is done, it is time to enjoy your newly landscaped outdoor space. But drive through any suburban neighborhood in August and you will find many who were eager to landscape in the spring, and did nothing at all to maintain it after that, resulting in a dead and dirty outdoor space that looks uninviting. So unless you want to find your own yard in the same sorry state, make sure you understand all the maintenance requirements of your landscaping elements, and execute them.

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Eden Landscaping and Snow Removal
46 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON M5V 2H8, Canada
1 647-367-1222


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