Hire a Trusted Landscaper For Garden Planning & Designing

Before getting out your spade and garden tools and getting to work, it’s essential to plan and design your garden. This way, you don’t get halfway through your project before realising that the space is too small or big to achieve your vision. You also don’t want to find out too late that you don’t like how it looks or run out of money before completing the garden project.

While planning and designing a garden may seem straightforward, a lot of pre-thought and hard work goes into creating and maintaining a beautiful garden. So, if you’re planning to spruce up your backyard, it’s worth finding a professional landscaper through Ezy Peazy to help you.

Here’s how a landscaping expert can help plan and design your garden:

Set a Reasonable Budget

It’s not unreasonable for even a moderately sized garden design project to run well into thousands of dollars. When you combine the cost of materials, labour, and plants, it’s surprising how quickly it can all add up.

When you sit down with a professional landscaper to discuss the vision for your garden – like one you can find through Ezy Peazy – they can give you a reasonably accurate estimate for the work. They base their calculation on how big your garden is, the required work type and duration, and the materials and plants you want. From here, you can adjust the plan and design to bring it to a level you can afford while creating a beautiful garden.

Find The Right Trees & Plants For Your Garden

A crucial part of planning and designing a garden is choosing suitable trees and plants for your location. Depending on where you live in New Zealand, the amount of sunlight and rain your garden gets and your personal preferences all impact the types of plants suitable for your garden.

The right plants and trees will also change according to how keen a gardener you are. If you’re more of a hands-off type of gardener, you’ll want to plant plants that are low maintenance. However, if you’re a keen gardener and like to get your hands dirty, you might prefer plants requiring more care.

When you talk to the professional landscaper, tell them your preferences and experience as a gardener. This will help them recommend and buy plants that suit your style and approach to gardening.

Installing an Irrigation System

Installing an irrigation system is a great way to keep a garden looking beautiful with minimal hands-on work. In some areas of New Zealand, keeping your garden watered during summer is essential for keeping it looking beautiful.

A landscaper can advise on the most suitable irrigation system for your garden and lifestyle. These include fully automated systems that run on a timer to more manual irrigation systems that need you to turn on the tap if your plants need moisture.

Building Planter Boxes & Containers

A great way to add variety to your garden and partition off sections is by using planter boxes and containers. These can act as features or be more functional, such as places to grow vegetables or contain plants that spread easily.

You can buy planter boxes and containers from your local hardware store or online. However, if you’re getting your garden professionally landscaped, talk to the landscaper about how to incorporate planter boxes and containers as part of the garden design. This way, you can, for example, have a bespoke planter box that fits in with your garden’s overall look and feel; you can make it as high, low, big or small as you like.

The Finishing Touch – Rocks, Gravel or Mulch

Gardens have come a long way from being just grass and plants; there is now a wide variety of materials you can use to add the finishing touches to your garden.

Rocks, for example, are a great way to partition your lawn from your garden beds, while gravel or pebbles make a great path or walkway. And rather than leaving the soil in your garden beds or planter boxes uncovered, mulch is an excellent material for retaining moisture in your beds. It prevents evaporation and can be a feature, as it comes in various colours and textures like black, bark, or forest floor mulch.

When discussing your garden plan with the landscaper, ask for their recommendation about whether rocks, gravel, or mulch would best suit your garden both functionally and aesthetically.