Is a landscape designer worth the extra cost? This is a question many people often ask. While many western Washington homeowners can and do landscape their yard on their own. There are many reasons why hiring a landscape designer can help take a landscape from good to amazing. Some of these benefits often go unrealized.
What Are the Unrealized Benefits of Hiring a Landscape Designer?
Designers help to increase function and not just aesthetics
Everybody knows that hiring a landscape designer will bring your landscape to life and make it look amazing. But beyond how your yard looks, a landscape designer can also help it to function optimally so that it will continue to look amazing. A landscape professional takes into account the functions of your landscape and the people utilizing the landscape, as well as any pets.
Landscape designers ask property owners how they need the yard to function as well as what they want the yard to look like. Not only can they create an amazing-looking space, they can create one that provides areas to stand up to pets using it for bathroom space, kids needing outdoor space to play, and even that really cool privacy screen to make your yard feel truly separated from your neighbors.
Designers help you stick to a plan
When picking out plants you love for your landscape, it is not uncommon for property owners to head to the plant section of a home improvement store or a local nursery and grab every single plant that draws their attention. This can be fun, but when you finally get all these plants home, it is hard to determine how they will all work together and fit into your landscape. It is very easy to grab everything you love and then come home without a plan, and things look over eclectic or discombobulated.
Sticking with a landscape design artist means that there is a cohesive design and look to the yard, which does not overwhelm the eye, but pleases it and helps it to seamlessly all work together to create one great piece of art. It also saves you money when you go to the nursery and limits the temptation to purchase things you don’t need that don’t fit with the design.
Designers help you find the right plants
Plants are beautiful, but not every plant works in every space. A landscape designer knows what will work in what space, right down to the exact corner of your yard that sees little to no sunlight compared to the extremely sunny spot on the side of your house. Knowing what plants to place in your yard and exactly where to place them so that they will thrive and interact well with everything around them is crucial to your landscape thriving and becoming the beautiful place you imagine.
Without the proper knowledge, is easy to mix plants that don’t want to work together or stick a plant that wants plenty of sunlight in an area where there’s too much shade. It can also be the difference between planting everything that blooms all at once in one spot and spreading them out so that your yard has something great to look at all through the year.
Designers can help create a beautiful, hard scape
More and more hardscape spaces in the landscape are desirable and popular with homeowners. Considering your landscape is not just about the lawn and the plants. You also want to consider entertaining areas and other features to create dimension and interest in your yard.
Hardscapes are those areas, like walkways, decks, patios, areas around a pool, pavers, etc. Making sure that these areas blend well with plants is important to creating a space that feels elevated and luxurious. Landscape designers don’t just work with plants. They also work with the hardscape and entertainment spaces.
Designers, bring your vision to life
A landscape designer is trained in asking their clients the right questions to help take their dreams and visions from inside their head or on paper and put them into reality in your yard. It can be difficult to create what you’re envisioning without the help of a trained professional, especially if you are hoping to create something that will last you for years to come and may even help you to more easily sell your home with curb appeal in the future.
If you want to take your yard from great to amazing, contact the landscape designers at First Fruits Landscaping. Let’s get started turning your yard into a work of art that not only looks great but also functions well for your lifestyle. We provide landscaping services in Snohomish County and King County.