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6 Affordable Backyard
Landscaping Ideas
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Backyard
landscaping is good for our health and happiness. Too often
we invest time and money in our front yards and forget all
about the backyard landscaping. But the backyard is even
more important to us personally. By giving our home the
added beauty of a private, landscaped back garden, we can
find greater happiness in being outside, reading, relaxing
and spending time with friends and family.
So here are 6 simple ideas for making the most of your
backyard landscaping.
# 1: Rock River
The soothing beauty of a river can add character and
richness to your backyard landscaping. But installing a pool
or manmade river, with a pump to circulate the water, is
labor-intensive, expensive, and requires constant upkeep.
Instead a rock river can bring a new and simpler serenity to
your backyard landscaping without all the fuss.
You can buy bags
of rocks at your home improvement store. Buy white rocks for
the center of your river, and black or gray ones for the
riverbank. When you spread your rock river begin at a far
corner of your backyard and increase the width of the rock
river as you go. This will imitate natural perspective,
which diminishes the size of objects the farther they are.
After the first snake of white rocks is in place, spread the
dark rocks along both edges, to create the illusion of the
riverbank.
Have your river meander around existing
landscape, for added beauty and believability. And if you
wish to complete the illusion, buy a landscape bridge to
place over your river.
# 2: A Private
Seating Area
Find your favorite spot in your backyard and make it your
own. If your backyard is not fenced, choose the most hidden
spot. Next place a beautiful garden bench under a tree, or a
table with chairs beside your blooming landscape. If your
budget is small, even white plastic chairs can look
beautiful in the right landscape setting.
Now increase the beauty of the spot with planters filled
with shrubs. Thread silk flowers between the leaves for a
year-round colorful display. As long as the flowers are
small and scattered, they will blend with the real landscape
without looking artificial. You may also add a landscape
arch over one of the chairs or the bench, to give your
backyard landscape added whimsy. Plant jasmine or climbing
roses at both sides of the arch, to add fragrance to your
backyard landscaping.
# 3: A Colorful
Hammock
Hang a hammock between two trees or in a metal frame. Buy a
hammock made from cotton fibers and you can dye the fabric
your favorite color. Craft stores sell many shades of
clothes dye. A purple or red hammock will look stunning
against the green landscape of your backyard.
Toss two
garden, water-proof pillows on the hammock, or colorful
inflatable cushions. The hammock will make a perfect spot
for relaxation in your backyard all spring and summer long.
Choose a spot in your landscape that looks bare, and your
hammock will also add beauty and color.
#4: A Birdbath
Focal Point
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