You can look upon hardscapes as merely an outdoor room: Hardscapes are terminology used for courtyards, landscaped pathways, sitting and retaining walls, fire pits, water features, landscape lighting, outdoor grills, gazebos, and more. They are landscape materials brought in to construct structures in your yards.
When you walk out of your house and into your backyard and don’t have a dedicated area to sit comfortably and relax, you most likely wouldn’t go outside that often.
However, when you have a stone patio withs a table and comfortable chairs, you no doubt sit there and appreciate your cup of tea when you wake up or a relaxed dinner at night. An area to relax and enjoy the appealing flowers that are blooming – that is the enjoyment that hardscapes provide.
What are Hardscapes in Landscaping?
The word “hardscapes” comprise patios, landscape pathways, sitting and retaining walls, fire pits, landscaping lighting, water features, outdoor grills, gazebo and any other hand-crafted attributes for your outdoor living area.
8 Hardscapes Worth the Investment:
Regardless of what you love to do in your backyard, there is a hardscape for you. The following are 8 hardscapes that could add elegance, usefulness, and delight to your outdoor living:
Sitting Walls
So, you have a patio; however, how about adding some additional seating with a sitting wall around the outside of the patio? It looks appealing and also is a perfect place to sit. Having stone pillars on each end of your sitting wall, you have an area to place some elegant planters or add some lights to your backyard area.
Grill Surrounds
Do you love to grill? A grill surround added to your patio sounds great. A grill surround is going to be made out of the same stone as the sitting wall, so everything is going to match. And a concrete countertop could be added around it to provide you with more cooking apace or an area to place your favorite drink.
Landscaped Pathways
Pathways make your yard accessible and easy to move around. A landscaped pathway or sidewalk constructed out of the identical stone pavers as your patio or a nice, big piece of flagstone could smoothly take you from your courtyard to a backdoor, side door, raised planter or possibly your driveway.
Retaining Wall
Does your yard have a steep incline? Retaining walls level out your yard making it even and functional for adding a patio or area to spend time. As another instance, soil may require to be enclosed on the sides of your yard. A retaining wall would accomplish that, making the area much more appealing.
Water Features
Water features are another portion of hardscapes. These can be as straightforward as a bubbly boulder or water fountain; however, they can also be as impressive as a decorative koi pond that has a waterfall. You could additionally have pet fish and blooming water plants also. Decorative ponds really produce a backyard sanctuary where you can take in hours and hours of enjoyment.
Fire Pits
The addition of a fire pit to your backyard, either included in your patio or away from your patio, is a perfect area to spend cooler afternoons. Fire pits could be woodburning or come with a gas insert. Outside fireplaces or your own woodburning pizza oven are feasible.
Gazebo
If your backyard is exceedingly hot and sunny, you might want to think about a gazebo on your patio to provide some shade. Gazebos can be straightforward and self-supporting or very complex and tied onto the back of your house.
Landscape Lighting
The finishing touch for your outdoor area would be landscape lighting. This type of lighting brings your yard to life after the sun goes down. It can be as straightforward as pathway lights along with the courtyard or pathway, downlights for your sitting wall, up lights throughout your trees, underwater lights in your decorative koi pond, and a lot more. The system is very substantial and appealing, and placed on a timer, so you do not really need to do anything but take in your hardscape!
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