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Landscape experts and new ones must know the basic landscape ideas that they need to master for greater creativity. Anyone can landscape their home lawns and garden for fabulous look. You just have to know the basic Landscaping Design ideas which are your top Design foundations for future projects.

You also need to know that different areas of your residence can be landscaped in their own respective modes for perfect style and harmony. Landscaping basically consists of the front yard and backyard Landscaping Concepts. You can also do pond or swimming pool Landscaping depending on the style of your residence and amenities.

Here are top 5 principles of every landscape Design project that you need to know to master for greater creativity.

1. Plan everything out. You may be entirely new to the concept of Landscaping as an art or may have some ideas about it. Yet, if you will not plan everything before you proceed, you could never have a great project. Look at the place first before you do your next move. Ask yourself what landscape Design best fits the current spot. If you are doing the landscape layout for your own home, you have to balance your Design cravings to match the style of your home. If you are doing the project for others, assess the place, the neighborhood and other special issues that may arise.

2. Know what you need. Assessing the place and finding the Design to compliment it is a very vital factor here. You need the proper tools and materials to work your Landscaping plan to reality. The basic tools and materials you will need for perfect ground contour are shovel, wheelbarrow, cutters, trowel, rake, bolo and knife. You also need to know what plants are good to grow and some other plant variations that will add more charm and elegance to your front yard landscape Design.

3. Differentiate styling needs and Designs for the front yard Landscaping, the backyard and the pool or pond. Your front yard Landscaping Design is the core foundation of all the other Designs for your backyard, the sides or even the pool or pond within your place. There may be some slight differences and basic Concepts that are unique to each part that you must know as you progress in your Landscaping tasks.

4. Use the layout principles properly for greater beauty. Front yard Landscaping needs more of your time and effort as your front lawn is the most apparent thing that captures the entire look of your residence. Visitors and neighbors usually base their impressions on your front yards appearance. Simplicity in style is a very common preference here but you also need to consider the ideal principles of color, balance, transition, lines and even proportion in all your Landscaping moves.

5. Take advantage of the finishing touches for a fantastic landscape Design. Taking the time to do some finishing touches for your landscape project is an amazing privilege to show your artistic spirit in full gear. If you are very creative and artistic enough in every single way, you can choose any styling idea to fit every landscape Design for any project you have. The finishing touches will give you a boost in your landscape project. If you think you ought to hire a professional artist to create artistic finishing touches, and then do so.

Landscaping ideas and projects maybe quite expensive and require time for careful planning. There are so many books and online resources that can help you with great Landscaping Designs, especially for the amazing front yard landscape Design.

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Before

* Im not a huge fan of groundcover Juniper, especially with Phormopsis Blight and couldnt wait to rip it all out!



After old Juniper ripped out


* after photos taken on Sep 13 2011
Sangria Encore Azaleas, Pocomoke ( dwarf ) Crape Myrtles, Variegated Liriope and everblooming Kalimiris ( Japanese ) Asters add an explosion of multi-season color to the existing Garnet Japanese Maple, Blue Holly Hedge and Globe Blue Spruce that were pruned and saved on this 1985 built home makeover. Along the driveway, I used Globe Cryptomeria as a more exotic looking replacement for a Spider Mite infested Birds Nest Spruce as well as White Drift Roses to show off the red Jap Maple.





























* photos taken on Sep 9 2012 * photos taken on Sep 28 2012

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* more photos added on Sep 16 - was getting dark upon completion of install yesterday

Wish I took some before pics. Originally there was nothing but mud and roots under the large Blue Spruce that was limbed up and became the focal point in this landscape. Was lucky to find some outstanding Sikes Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangeas from Country Springs Nursery in Clarksville, MD which will dominate this landscape area with multi season interest. Difficult to see in the pics, the Ferns under the Spruce are Dixie Woodferns ( highly vigorous and drought tolerant but will definately be shorter than their usual 4 feet due to tree root competition ) and the perennials installed around the summer flowering Oakleaf Hydrangeas are Royal Heritage Helleboriss for spring bloom. Siberian Carpet Cypresss were also used in both the Spruce bed and the driveway bed. The driveway bed also contains Prostrate Japanese Plum Yews for an easy to grow exotic effect which is deer resistant. Blue Sedge was also used as a Blue Fescue substitute in the partially shaded driveway bed and to create a stunning effect with the Burgundy Loropetalum ( Fringe Hazel ) along the white wall to the right of the garage.

* photos taken on Sep 14 2011


















* photos taken on April 27 2012 in Columbia, MD
* photos taken on June 10 2013

* photos taken on July 25 2013


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After...taken on Sep 19 2011






































* photos taken on July 15 2013

* photos taken on Oct 30 2013


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Before ( Sep 20 2011 )


* Sep 28 - During

* Sep 30 2011 - After

* focal point tree is Dynamite Crape Myrtle





























* photos taken on Aug 17 2012

* photos taken on July 9 2013 in Columbia, MD


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* photos taken on July 10 2011 in Columbia, MD


* photo taken on Oct 20 2011


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* photos of stage 1 ( island beds ) taken on Nov 8 at completion of mulching but before installation of decorative landscape boulders.