Backyard Designs

im trying to do a garden i dont know exactly what kind or what im going to do i would like a free software to try to set up a nice garden and landscape i make low wages in homecare and cant afford an expensive software for ideas, and also if there is some sites for designs garden designs or landscaping . really i want to make my yard look nice at a low cost or reasonable cost

I have a small space in my backyard that I would like to make into a tropical garden retreat. The size is about 15 x 8 m and rectangular. Does anyone know where i can get some designs from? Any tips on design before get my bob cat in?

I want to install a shale path in my front yard. I live in the Sierra Foothills in California. A friend is excavating to build a structure and came upon what we think is shale NOT SLATE. I love it’s natural look so when she offered it to us for free I decided to design the front path with it. But I am concerned it won’t be structurally strong enough to handle the very littel foot traffic it will ge weekly, and will therofre deteriorite too quickly. Can you advise. Thanks

We have a thin layer of straw down now and were going to put the red lava rock on top????

I am wondering how deep I need to dig to install (River Rock stones) landscaping stones

We are putting in a “rock area” on the side of our driveway to allow for additional parking. We put down landscape fabric and the rock is being delivered tomorrow morning. The only problem is that towards the end of the proposed area, it is kinda muddy due to the snow that has melted. Is there anything we can do to firm up this part of the dirt/mud before the rock is delivered tomorrow morning??? I’m afraid that when the rock is put on it, it will all sink down… and then parking on it will make it ten times worse.

Thanks for any suggestions.

This is what happen. I have a pool in my backyard. The pervious owners broke a oval circle in the concrete to install the pool on the dirty instead of just installing it on top of the concrete. So I have a gap between the pool and the rest of the concrete. So when it rains the water just backs up in that gap instead of heading to the drains on both sides of the pool. Anyone know if I can fill that gap with rocks and hope the water will go towards the drains? If not rocks anyone have any ideas what I can do?

I ask this question because our backyard doesn’t have any pool in it,it’s only full of grass.I wanna put it mostly for the kids,to have fun.
I was just wondering could it be possible to make it into a regular pool along with landscape designs thx.
How much could that cost ?
How much could that possibly cost in total?

Looking to have a nice garden with lot of colourful flowers & design for front & back yard.

where I can design landscapes and act like I’m a real landscape architect. Can you find any websites at all that let you design gardens and landscapes…like a free AUTO-CAD website or something…