Hard landscaping may not be a phrase you’ve encountered before, especially if you’re just getting into the exciting and malleable world of garden design. But it is important to consider hard landscaping during the planning process of garden design, to make for a smoother operation.
WHAT IS HARD LANDSCAPING?
Hard landscaping is simply the use of hard materials. The most common projects include:
- Foundations
- Underlays
- Paths and Ponds
- Rockeries
- Drainage
- Guttering
- Fencing
- Electrical Cables
Essentially, anything within the landscaping process that doesn’t involve lawns, grass, vegetation or any similar items. These are referred to as ‘soft landscaping.’
GARDEN HARD LANDSCAPING IDEAS
Your choice of hard landscaping depends on the size of your garden. Larger gardens have more possibilities, such as a fountain or pond. However, that doesn’t mean your more quaint layout won’t have the same eye-catching effect.
Why not consider a patio walkway from your door to the bottom of the garden, with a bench and a small rockery for your small garden? Using hard landscaping in this quaint manner will still deliver exceptional results.
Hard landscaping example for Garden Pond
HELPFUL APP FOR HARD DESIGNS
It is highly advised that you plan the layout of your garden before you begin any work as, once foundations for hard landscaping have been put in place, they are very difficult to remove. We recommend investing in a design app to give you an idea of how your new purchase will look before you commit.
ISCAPE
This app will let you see how your hard landscaping choices will look in your garden before you commit. After taking a photo of the space you are looking to work with, the app will transform it into a 3D layout where you can drag and drop a variety of objects to see how it would look in real life.
Cost: £7.99
Available for: iPhone and iPad
Once you know how you want to utilise hard landscaping, our team at Cawarden Reclaim will be more than happy to help you find the perfect object or paving to complement the aesthetic design of your garden. Simply call our team or click through to find out more about the service we offer.
FIND RECLAIMED LANDSCAPING MATERIALS AT CAWARDEN
Are you looking for hard landscaping materials for your next project? Here at Cawarden we have a fantastic range of paving bricks, flagstone paving, wall coping and anything else you might need for your project, no matter how big or small. Browse our products today and contact our team to place an order, or come down to our reclamation yard.