You've spent a lot of time and money maintaining your home inside and out. A great way to increase your home's value and curb appeal is to use landscaping elements that best complement your home's exterior. Here are some tips:
Keep Up With the Maintenance
A landscape is only as good-looking as its maintenance schedule keeps it. Stay on top of lawn mowing, hedge trimming, winter maintenance, and seasonal color installations will help your landscape look its best year-round. Regular lawn maintenance will keep your grass lush and healthy.
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Use Layers
A great landscape utilizes layers. Ground covers, ornamental plants, shrubs, and trees. Layering offers visual interest with a variety of height, textures, and colors to direct focus to various parts of your home's exterior. Having layers in the landscape also create a great sense of fullness in flower beds, even if there are only a few varieties of plants.
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Create a Focal Point
Use landscape elements to 'frame' a focal point on your property like a front entrance or architectural feature. This can be accomplished by using evergreens or seasonal color flowers.
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Accent with Color
Use shrubs and flowers that complement your home's personality. Atlanta's climate is such that we have access to a vast variety of plant material that can coordinate with your home's color scheme throughout the year.
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Hire a Landscape Design Professional
Let's be honest choosing and installing plants is hard work. What if the colors don't match or they grow too big for the home? Hiring a landscape design professional is the best way to take the guessing game out landscape design and maintenance. As winners of over 300 awards, Gibbs Landscape Company offers a proven track record of creative, quality landscape design and maintenance. Our team of highly trained, qualified Landscape Architects and horticulturalists can design and maintain a landscape that will add value to your property for years to come.
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