Category: Garden Design

How Winter Prep Makes For a Glamorous Summer Garden

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

Start planning your garden now if you want to have a flourishing beautiful garden come summer. Here’s how! Surveying your garden over the winter months can be depressing. Everything looks dreary and bedraggled, there’s no colour to speak of, your favourite plants have died back and your carefully nurtured lawn probably looks boggy and dishevelled. But don’t be disheartened. As long as you are prepared to brave the cold and wet, the winter months are actually the ideal time to start your garden makeover so everything looks stunning come the…

Everything You Never Knew About Aerating Your Lawn

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

A green lawn is a beautiful thing, but as you likely already know by now, it takes way more work than you expect to keep it green! Photos Via: Style Blueprint Even if you are watering 1.5 inches every week (in the mornings, so your lawn doesn’t become a mildewed swamp), mowing to the exact height of 2.5 inches (with razor-sharp mowing blades, you might add) and sprinkling nitrogen-rich fertilizer every fall, you still probably aren’t doing enough to guarantee a healthy lawn. That’s because you aren’t aerating, or ensuring…

How to Care for Stamped Concrete Pool Deck

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

Do you have stamped concrete around your home? Here is the right way to care for it to keep it looking its best for years to come! Photo: CustomCrete Inc. If you chose to go for stamped concrete out of all the pool deck options, what an excellent choice! Not only does stamped concrete give off the look and feel of traditional elegance, it also provides traction and is an easy update that increases your home’s value. This keeps your pool deck from being a slipping hazard. Like other pool decking…

How To Enjoy Your Garden During Winter Time

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

Enjoy your home’s garden even in the cold winter months. Here are some easy and super affordable ideas on how on how to turn winter gardens into a reality. Photo: AJF Design When the cold winds come knocking, most of us take a step back from our outdoors and start to spend our leisure time on the inside instead. It’s easy to see why – the temperatures start dropping quickly and spending time outside comfortably gets increasingly more difficult – and even though it can leave you wishing for summer…

7 Ways to Upgrade Your Garden with Bamboo

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

Give your backyard garden a little exotic flair by using bamboo in your landscaping. Keep reading to find out how to design your garden with bamboo and what works best. We promise you, it’s super easy! Photo: Landscape Images Ltd With the different varieties of bamboo, it won’t be difficult to find the one that’s perfect for your garden. Moreover, it is versatile enough to be used for a range of purposes. So if you are planning to upgrade your garden with bamboo, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a list…