Low maintenance yard ideas

Everybody would love to have a beautiful landscape in their backyard, but taking care of it is another story. If you want to have a gorgeous landscape design, but dreads the idea of maintaining it yourself, then we urge you to stick around because we’ll show you some of the best ways to achieve your dream landscape with minimal maintenance.

But first, let us demystify the term low maintenance, which is very different from “no maintenance.” You need to understand that all landscapes will require some kind of care, but with proper planning, you can significantly minimise maintenance.

So, shrubs and weeds will always grow, and they will establish themselves in your backyard. This process is always in motion and will become more noticeable if you stop mowing them. Therefore, maintaining your landscape is more like you’re trying to slow down a natural process.

Your property is considered a “managed environment,” which means you’ve established an ecological community in your area, and it is your responsibility to take care of it. Your primary role is to control or prevent unwanted and desirable vegetation from invading your landscape.

Here are some essential tips on how to get a low maintenance landscape in your backyard:

• Analyse your surroundings and document important elements in your property like the type of soil you have, existing vegetation, exposures, and the condition of your plants.
• Design and plan your landscape and make sure they are aligned with the existing condition of your surrounding environment. Take all the necessary steps to enhance the condition of your landscape, but don’t do complete or aggressive overhauls since it will transform your outdoor area, and it may even become high maintenance.
• Renovate or install your new landscape using the best practices known in the landscaping industry. This will include paying attention to the condition of your soil and using just high-quality plants and materials to achieve your project goals. This also means you need to do your research prior to adding features including sheds and patios. Work out how to lay a flat surface and whether or not you need to add steel reinforcements to your concrete
• Formulate a plan for how you will support your new landscape, especially during the period of acclimation, which means must have a support plan that will ensure full establishment within 18 months to 3 years.

The steps we enumerated above seem logical, linear, and straightforward, but for a complete beginner – it may not be that easy. So, to successfully do these steps, you must know something about your landscape design, environment, soil, plants, and more.

But what if you don’t have the time and skills to maintain your yard? Fortunately, there are experienced landscaped designers at Mornington Peninsula Concreters who can help you with the planning process.

We recommend that you get in touch with a qualified and environmentally-committed landscape professional who is willing to discuss with you all the options available for your property. They will be eager to advise you on how you can effectively achieve a low maintenance landscape.

You can also hire them to maintain your yard on a monthly or quarterly basis. In fact, you will be please with the results once they have implemented your landscape design.