With the warm summer months in full swing, we may look wistfully into our backyard and wish it was … more. We envision fun nights with festive patio lights, backyard barbecues with friends and family, private dining spaces or perhaps movie nights outside with a large projector screen and popcorn. Your backyard is a blank canvas, and the sky is the limit for your design. Our landscaping professionals in Kingsport have compiled the following list of ideas to help you imagine the possibilities to make your outdoor space everything you want it to be.
Create outdoor “zones”
Perhaps you want an outdoor kitchen to transform your outdoor space into a culinary oasis. How about a separate dining space with a pergola and a fragrant climbing rose to offer shade? Play zones, living areas with outdoor sofas and a fire pit — it’s all possible with a little creative planning and budgeting!
Implement water features
Consider a fountain, a trickling stream or waterfall or a small pond that attracts wildlife, dragonflies and bees to your backyard. Perhaps you’re considering a swimming pool that can serve as both a focal point and a source of endless summer fun. Think big: You can add waterfalls, slides or hot tubs to swimming pools these days!
Enhance your soft landscaping with hardscaping
Hardscaping includes any non-living components of your landscaping, such as walkways, patios or decks and retaining walls.
Incorporate lighting
Whether you’re looking to add romantic ambience, pathway illumination or cozy, twinkling string lights, always consider proper lighting to transform your backyard space into a magical oasis after dark. Lighting sets the mood of your space while also providing added safety and security.
Design a garden
Lush, diverse plantings are a must in any backyard paradise. Consider themed gardens for roses, butterflies, vegetables or herbs. Perhaps you’d like a groove of trees that offer privacy, shade and vertical interest to your landscape.
Build structures
Incorporate a gazebo for entertaining, a greenhouse to extend Tennessee’s vegetable or flower growing season or a shed/workshop to store tools/equipment and have a little fun with a creative endeavor.
Build a big, bold, beautiful backyard
Make your backyard space your own with some of these big backyard design ideas. If you need help designing or creating your backyard space, call our Kingsport landscaping specialists at Promier Landscapes at (423) 872-2988, or contact us online today.