2019 Most Popular Landscaping Ideas

If you are trying to sell your home or update one this spring, there are various ways to modernize your landscaping and curb appeal. This year's trends might require homeowners to step outside the box with one of a kind landscaping designs.

Here is a list of this year's most popular trends.

Privacy

Just forget about installing an unattractive wooden fence to protect your privacy and plant a quick growing hedge or shrub instead. This will provide an increased barrier between your outdoor living space and your neighbors. Think about a low growing shrub, that can create a semi-private feel to an area without blocking the view. You can also plant some trees to add personal privacy and add some organic beauty to compliment your house.

Growing Produce

If you are going to add plants to the garden, perhaps you should grow something to eat. Planting fruits and vegetables is known as a smart way to add some interest and beauty to your landscaping. Growing food in your yard is a trending idea that provides plenty of health benefits. Home buyers or guests to appreciate how your food is grown and is terrific for the environment. For the least painful way to manage your garden, choose fruits and vegetables that flourish in your community.

Asymmetry

Slight curves on the outside edge of a garden bed and curved walkways are popular at this time. Various homeowners prefer the creativeness of nature by reflecting curved or slanted lines in their landscaping. These lines will make your home more exciting and create a smoother overall look that showcases nature’s shapes. To maintain it's beauty by using a weed eater to trim all edges properly.

Xeriscaping

Look into Xeriscaping if you want a gorgeous lawn and garden. It best for people who don’t have time to keep it up.  Xeriscaping incorporates plants acclimated to a specific region and decreases the amount of maintenance by using less turf. These plants are ordinarily locally native plants that require little to no added water. Xeriscaping also motivates homeowners to replace lawn areas with nonorganic mulching options, like stone, to create a truly unique look. Many homeowners use this type of landscaping in smaller parts of their yard where they have difficulty growing other plants.

Adding any one of these landscaping ideas to your yard will help raise the overall curb appeal of your home. If you are considering selling this spring, contact Mike Bolger from Chestnut Park West.

Mike Bolger, Sales Rep
Chestnut Park Realty Southwestern Ontario Ltd.
The Shops at Waterloo Town Square
75 King Street South, Unit 50 
Waterloo, ON N2J 1P2
+1 (519) 616-2656 
https://www.mikebolger.ca/