Backyard Landscape Ideas

Here is an article about backyard landscape ideas that I found - editor

I am a landscaper, which means that I make my living through doing other peoples outdoor and backyard layout work. However, if you really wanted my opinion on the matter, I would tell anyone that asks, to not hire a landscaper, but to do it themselves. Obviously, I keep this opinion to myself and don't share it because it would put myself out of business! But really, if you have good backyard landscape ideas, you will enjoy it so much more if you put in the work yourself. That way, you will feel a sense of pride for the work that you did to get your house, and a backyard property looking just the way that you want it.

I think that there are four main reasons that people do not do their own backyard landscaping. The reasons are lack of time, lack of interest, lack of knowhow, and lack of good backyard landscape ideas. There is nothing that can be done about lack of time, and learning how to landscape can be difficult and time consuming, but anyone can find good backyard landscape ideas. Backyard landscaping ideas can come from a large variety of sources. Architectural magazines can show you backyard landscape ideas galore, as can websites. But the best source of ideas for backyard landscaping, in my opinion, is just keeping an eye out in the community around you.

The truth is, this is how I get many of my best backyard landscape ideas. For example, when I see a very attractive garden, I look at it and wonder what it is that makes it look good, and how I could copy it in my own work. Is it the choice of plants, the layout, or the yard that surrounds it? Would it look as good in a bigger space, or a smaller space? I ask myself all of these questions, and it always gets me thinking about new backyard landscape ideas. When I do use whatever I learned from the layout of that particular garden or patio, I have thoroughly digested it and made it my own, so I can tell exactly what I want to do with it. An even better source of good backyard landscape ideas is to go to public gardens or museums and look around. These sites have some of the best landscaping anywhere, because they have a big government budget to hire professional landscapers to do a fantastic job. They might provide you the best inspiration of all for your own projects.