The activity that amends the visible features of a land area is usually called as landscaping. Landscaping includes living elements such as trees and plants commonly named as gardening, natural elements like water bodies or landforms, elements made by human such as buildings or structures, and other abstract elements of our environment. Somewhere native gardening is also called as natural landscaping. To improve the quality of life, there is a great role of landscaping that may be in the city or in a suburb area.
Tools and Materials
• Spades and shovels
• Trowels
• Hand cultivators
• Pruners and shears
• Lawnmower
• Skimmers
• Sprinklers
• Hammers and nails
• Wheelbarrow
• Knives and saws
Step 1 – Think how you want to see the garden
Try to imagine how you want to see the garden. Consider everything in that imagination, including the gardening and its surrounding things and architecture. For this you can view some well designed home and garden architecture. If it is possible go there and try to realize the whole view and the environment. Then make a list what things you will need to implement your imagination.
Step 2 – Think how much you can handle
Do not think unwisely. You have to imagine the landscaping within your means. Do not take or start anything that you cannot handle or out of your means. If you think that you will do the landscaping task just by yourself, and then take the loads that you can do with your own effort.
Step 3 – Determine the sun falls
As you are going to plant trees and shrubs in your garden to develop the area and increase the beauty you have to consider the sun falls. Because it is a fundamental need for the trees and shrubs. Determine the positions of the trees and shrubs that they can get sufficient sunlight.
Step 4 – Determine the positions of the tank, pipes and cables
Determine the positions of the tanks, cables and other things, so that they can remain safe when you will dig holes for planting trees or shrubs or other things. Besides watering is very important in the case of gardening, design the garden so that you can water all the plants when necessary.
Step 5 – Replace the eyesores with beautiful plants or shrubs
In some places, there are some eyesores. You have to replace the eyesores with beautiful things that may be plants or other human created structure. Use proper tools when necessary.
Step 6 – Set everything to increase the beauty
You have to set everything to develop the area and to increase the beauty of that location. Try to make the environment healthy by planting proper trees that are good for lives.
Step 7 – Do everything cost effectively
Do everything in such a way that you can bear it. You should not take such steps that after a few months or years you have to stop it because of shortage of the fund. Consider and plan everything in such a way that can save energy and can help you to save money but increase the beauty.