I really need to do something with my backyard. Where can I get tips on landscaping it?

For may new homeowners, buying their first home is just the beginning part of a daunting task of managing their property. When one lives in an apartment, tasks such as mowing the lawn, planting and raking was never a requirement. As a new homeowner, the landscaping and lawn maintenance is a new responsibility. For those home owners who will not hire a personal landscaping service, the following discussions are tips that any home owner can do to landscape their own yard. Know Your Yard Before you engage in any landscaping task, a home owner should first get to know their yard and understand what grows best in the climate where their home is located. The home builder would have installed basic seeding and planting but your yard is basically an empty pallet for your design ideas. Taking a few moments to meet with neighbors and area yard crews will assist in your understanding what are the best vegetation that will grow in your yard. You will also pick up tips on what are the best options to make your lawn grow healthy. In many instances, the seeding or turf that the builder has installed may not survive the season it is installed. Learn Landscaping Techniques If you have never engaged in any landscaping before, you should not worry as help may be as close as your local yard and garden store. Many of these stores do daily seminars and presentations regarding landscaping tips that the average home owner can do themselves. The staff at these stores are also a wealth of information and they can guide you to the best equipment and supplies for your yard. Also, they will have a number of books and periodicals on hand that will provide inspiration and step by step guidance on different landscaping designs for one's yard. Buy Basic Equipment Once you have a design and landscape plan in mind, buy the basic equipment you will need. In this manner you will not have to borrow or rent a piece of equipment unless you really need to. If you have questions how to use the equipment, do not be afraid to ask the retailer. Experiment It's your home and you should not be afraid to experiment with different landscape designs.

Yes, the best sites are www.hgtv.com and www.homedepot.com; these both offer great tips and advice on setting up your yard, and gardening tips as well.

Landscaping the garden and outside area of your home can be a lot of fun. Whether you have a big or small area to landscape, you can create a backyard ambiance using creativity. Garden landscaping provides beautiful backyard spaces for enjoying alone as well as hosting friends and family.

Before beginning a garden landscaping project, there are some tips to consider. Some of these landscaping tips include realizing the amount of space you are working with, awareness of your budget to create and complete a landscaping project, knowing the terrain of your garden or yard area, and knowing who will be using the finished garden landscaped space when it is completed. If you have children, it is important to consider their safety needs throughout the landscaping process during the building time and the final project. The garden landscape should be built to withstand the child’s age as well as keep them safe. For example, if you have small children, and part of the landscaping idea is to create a fountain area, then it is important to childproof the fountains. You can do this through the landscaping design, by creating step up fountains that do not pool low to the ground where a child could drown. Safety considerations are an important part of landscaping.

Another garden landscaping tip is to create a budget before ground is broken on the backyard landscaping project. This prevents you from monetarily overshooting your home improvement, landscaping project. Instead of ending up with a half finished landscaping project, writing a budget will help you realize all of the fees involved in building a garden landscaped area. You may consider hiring a contractor to help trim and deconstruct some areas of the yard. Either way, you must run your budget through all of these possibilities. Garden landscaping can be expensive depending on your taste. Pricing each landscaping alternative will enable you to arrive at a beautifully landscaped garden area within your budget.

Keeping these tips in mind will help you plan and implement the start of your garden landscaping project.

The study of Landscaping, is just Landscaping and is treated as an Horticultural subject