have to design a backyard from scratch can anyone help?
we have nothing to start with….backyard will be ripped up.
any websites or advice someone can share?? we are bad gardeners so dont want flowers everywhere (they will just die!) need something low maintenance.
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What county and state are you in? Contact a landscape designer in your area.
Better Homes & Gardens plans:
I would look at shrubs that are native to your area, and use wide mulch/scaping so you have less mowing the grass. You could use a couple containers for annual color, some architectural interest, and you would be finished. When laying mulch for new areas, make sure you spray weed killer first, and then put the plastic down, then plant, then mulch. You will not need to weed or very little. I don’t week, I just spray weed killer on the weeds.
You can find a designer in your area at, which is the website of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. While predrawn plans can provide with a low-cost alternative, they are sometime difficult to resize for your lot in order to make the scale correct.
Michael
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Dwarf varieties of trees & small shrubs are low maintenance & really can give you garden structure. Small, low-growing evergreens look great behind smaller shrubs:
A colorful weeping Japanese Maple looks great all year & is especially nice with spring bulbs planted under it: (you can do the same with a Paperbark Birch):
The photos in this gallery are examples of plant form and texture in landscape design: (click on each image to learn more)
Create your design and explore your new garden in 3D:
Here’s a free interactive landscaping website from Better Homes & Gardens.”Plan-a-Garden lets you design anything from a patio-side container garden to your whole yard. Use your mouse to “drag-and-drop” more than 150 trees, shrubs, and flowers. Add dozens of structures like buildings, sheds, fences, decks — even a pond.”
DIY On-line garden planner
HGTV gardening projects & landscape plans:
Backyard & sideyard makeover ideas:http://video.the-landscape-design-site.com/videos/backyard-sideyard-makeover.html
Landscape Design:
This site lists plants for sunny positions & for shady conditions, to give you an idea of what kind of plants you can use in different areas. For example, rhododendrons, azaleas, & ferns are low maintenance plants for shady areas:
Thought you might get some ideas from ‘Just Gardeners’ gallery of forum users’s own photos. The Japanese Maple (Acer Tree ) & Berberis -Rosy Dawn shrub really contrast well with the other greenery (scroll down page):
Good luck!!! Hope this is helpful.