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Backyard Landscaping Ideas
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Backyard Landscaping Ideas...
A home backyard is a personnel and private space. The landscaping solution that will finally dwell in this space greatly depends on many factors. Let's see these factors one by one. I am not giving you an exact blueprint here but the information mentioned here will be a great starting point if you are planning to go for landscaping of your home backyard. Gardening in the home backyard can be fun if you consider these few factors before starting out.1) North direction.. One of the major factors in landscaping. Why? because the direction will decide how much direct sunlight the plants in the garden will receive. To illustrate this point have a look at the two images below.
So in both these cases the selection of plants and their maintenance will greatly differ from each other. 2) Nature of soil This is very crucial for plant growth. It is a good idea to study the nature of soil before planting even a single tree or bush in your garden 3) Area of backyard as compared to area of the home building. It is very important to note that any landscaping space when associated with your home is largely dependant of the architectural structure. What exactly do I mean here? Let's see an example. The area of the backyard will differ depending upon the function of the backyard. While designing the backyard look for following points. What's the use of this area? Is it a play area for children? if yes will it have a baby swimming pool (if the area permits), will it have a semi-open tent like structure, how many people will occupy this space at a maximum? So human activity will greatly affect the landscaping design.
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This is cross section of home building which also shows the backyard area.
Because of the sunlight coming from front side of the home, more than 50%
of the backyard remains in shade that the building structure casts on the
floor area.
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the other hand this building receives sunlight from behind so
almost all the backyard area receives direct sunlight throughout the day.