How To Plan The Landscaping Of A Pool
Many people like the idea of having a pool in their backyard. If you do as well, you must realize that it takes either a lot of work or a lot of money to set up. Then there is the continuous maintenance of the pool and its water. If you are concerned that you will lose all of your garden, there is no need, because you can design your pool so that there is a fair bit of vegetation incorporated into it. In deed, there are many suggestions you can use when landscaping for a pool.
When landscaping for a pool, you need to have a design to work to. You can either have a tailor-made drawing drawn up for your backyard, you could make your own design or you could use one out of a magazine. There is no reason why you can not create your own blueprint. The best way to start would be to get some concepts from landscaping magazines or other household periodicals.
The best way of going about landscaping for a pool is to draw the exact size and shape of your backyard on a sheet of graph paper to scale. Plot in any immovable objects such as downpipes, a shed or septic tank. If that limits the size of your pool too much, you can have these items moved if need be. Nothing is without a solution, but it does add to the cost. Once you have adequate space, you are all set to start planning.
Copy and modify drawings from periodicals by all means, but if you feel that you are not up to it, have the design made for you. A local architect can do it, or phone the local technical college and ask one of the lecturers or students to draw it for you. It is not as costly as you might think. If you have the design done for you, make sure that you have thought about what you want and make sure that the drawer knows about it.
If you want lots of flowers, it is best to have raised flower beds. This will prevent your flowers from spreading as well far and will allow you greater control. The plants will have to be quite hardy and resistant to chemicals such as chlorine. The atmosphere will be more humid around the pool too.
You will have to have some shaded area for when it is very hot. Trees are a good idea, but they can take a very long time to grow. Palms look fantastic by a pool, but some species can take five years to grow high enough. You could check out the possibilities of planting semi-mature trees or look for faster-growing varieties. In the meanwhile, you could set up a grass-roofed lean-to or some umbrellas.
Lighting is also an important consideration. The pool should be floodlit at night to prevent people falling in it at night, but not only for that reason, it looks good as well. Accent lighting on the plants and trees really brings atmosphere to the pool and these lights can be solar powered so that you can move them around should you want to.
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