Hard Landscaping
Hard landscaping is the design of your garden layout so that it serves your needs from spring time and all the way through winter. It is in the nature of a garden that it is exposed to the elements and its uses change during the year. It is best to consider features and aspects of your landscape which continue to serve you throughout the year.
You can use a wide range of materials to improve the landscape of your garden:
- timber
- bitumen
- brick
- gravel
- stone
- concrete
- glass
- metals
These hard and structural materials are complemented by the soft landscape of your garden plants and planting beds. The range of the available materials and how they are arranged is almost unlimited so you need to take great care of the planning and design.
Some material simply do not work together so it may be advisable to call in the skills of a landscape design consultant. Your garden and it's landscape forms an additional living space to your home so it deserves the care and attention to detail by a landscape design consultant.
You may want to consider durable external furniture such as outdoor tables and chairs.