Landscaping A Garden: 3 Things To Know Before You Get Started

If you’ve taken a look at your garden recently and thought it didn’t look as amazing as it really could, then you need to get involved with a bit of landscaping! You can DIY a garden landscape with a bit of time, the right materials, and a few reliable gardening tools on your side. 

Sounds simple, doesn’t it? It can be if you have some experience with gardening and you’re willing to put in some hard graft over the next few weeks. After all, landscaping isn’t a job to undertake lightly. That’s why the more you know before you get started, the better the results are going to be.

The Ground is Going to Be Uneven

Landscaping, by its very nature, is all about making a beautiful vista out of a wild and natural background. That also means the ground is going to hold all kinds of surprises for you! One of these will be how uneven the soil underneath really is. 

You can always try to level things out by heaping soil around, or simply end up building a leveled garden, but the degree of unevenness could end up making your job a lot more difficult. 

The Weather Can Ruin Your Plans

When you’re in the middle of landscaping a garden, there’s going to come a point when the weather gets too much to work in and you simply can’t go on any longer. 

If it’s too warm outside, not only will this get you indoors sooner than you’d like (seeing as it’s too hot to actually get any work done), but it could dry out the ground and make that harder to work with. 

If it’s too wet outside, any unfinished landscaping works could end up drenched or washed out. Any borders you’re currently digging out, for example, could end up filled in again thanks to mini mud slides that happen overnight. 

It’s Going to Take a Long Time

Landscaping isn’t a one day or even an overnight job. It’s something you’re going to have to put time and effort into over the course of a few days, and even a few weeks. After all, it’s not just a case of mowing the lawn back and reseating your border edges. The whole garden will probably have to move a few inches around, at the very least, and you’ll need to make proper use of the differing levels as the ground rolls toward the house. 

But you can speed up the job of landscaping with a few of the right tools. Get yourself an electric hedge trimmer to make short work of any bushes and shrubs, some edging shears, a pair of hardy secateurs, and then make sure you have a proper plan to follow. You don’t want to fall into a task like this without knowing your end goal! 

If you’re about to try your hand at landscaping, make sure you keep these three points in mind. Landscaping isn’t for the faint of heart!