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LANDSCAPING-ESTIMATES
Personal Considerations in
Pool Landscaping
Define what you want to use your garden
or patio space for. Your space, furniture and design will be
affected by whether you use it for reading, relaxing, playing or
entertaining. If relaxation is your goal, consider soft flower
colors and perhaps a hammock. If entertaining is your purpose,
consider a built-in fireplace or fully equipped barbecue plus a
large patio and a spacious lawn to better accommodate guests.
Environmental
Considerations in Pool Landscaping
Personal taste is absolutely important
and yard art will define a theme and tone around your pool. If
you love the sounds of nature, consider wind chimes, bird baths
or feeders. Ponds and fountains are also great for relaxing and
soothing noise. Your pool landscaping design will depend on
whether your backyard has any physical or architectural
limitations. These include hills, irrigation or telephone poles.
For slopes or hills, retaining walls or a raised deck may need
to be part of the design. Environmental factors will also
determine your backyard's look. A patio should also have
wonderful view and be situated out of the wind. Placing a patio
close to your house will be the most practical. Also, think
where you receive sunlight and at what times. Sun exposure will
determine plants, shrubs and awnings. If privacy is a concern,
fencing, trellises, vines, ivy and hedges may need to be
considered.
Pool Decks and Patios
The type of patio or pool deck that you
choose on will probably affect certain landscaping elements.
Patio and deck materials are crucial. Wood is the most common
material used in decks. For pool patios, concrete, brick,
cobblestone and marble can be used. A deck or patio should be
non-slipping and cool to walk on as well as aesthetically
enhancing. Wooden decks work well with wooden trellises or
privacy screens and matching flower boxes. A concrete pool patio
will better match stone fountains and concrete art.
Pool Landscape Lighting
Path lights around the pool will create
lighting for night use. Up lights in nearby trees will add some
lighting also. Torch lights are a great way to create lighting
for areas where typical lighting does not seem to work. And
torch lights create a wonderful ambiance! You want your swimming
pool lighting to be functional, but also subtle.
Here are some interesting
design tips for Spas-pool-waterfalls designs.
Spas can be designed as part of the
pool itself, or set apart in the pool paving. For spas (hot
tubs) integrated with the swimming pool, a variety of different
designs can be used. Spas can be designed either with or without
a waterfall into the pool. They can be set at an elevation close
to the pool paving height. The spa can be elevated to create a
more dramatic waterfall. Spas may have steps leading up to it,
so that the spa becomes part of a raised platform. If you have
the space, you might want to use this space as a sitting area!
Spas can also be a free standing hot tubs unit purchased from a
spa company. All the mechanisms are in the unit itself.
Swimming Pool Furniture- When
creating landscape designs for pools and the pool paving,
Designers always make sure the spaces will be large enough for
the desired seating. They usually allow a minimum of 15' for a
table and chairs and 10' for lounges. I try to make the area
used for dining easily accessible to the kitchen. When designing
and selecting places for lounges, They make sure to face them so
that the best view is taken advantage of. For example, if there
is a nice mountain view on the property, You could position the
lounges for that viewing. Landscape designs for pools can make
lounging and dining at this outdoor area all the more enjoyable
by considering what people will be looking at.
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