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The backyard landscaping makeover

We all have seen those beautiful landscaping ideas in a backyard somewhere in a faraway land, thinking how is this even possible. Well, it is. Indeed, it is a big project, coming up with the perfect idea for your backyard but there are plenty of ways that you can give a marvellous makeover of your patio. It is all about creativity.


Backyard Landscaping Ideas on a Budget

Beautiful gardens always seem very costly but this is not always the case. Yes, it is hard enough to come up with the perfect design for your backyard, let alone one on a budget. But there are numerous ways that you could save while you create a stylish space. You can start with what you can make on your own – growing flowers is not a rocket science; you can use old furniture or even bottles. Rope and tire swing, decorated old jars used as lights … your imagination is your limit.

Dramatic Makeover

You have a flat backyard and you do not know how to spice things up – set a stage. Hauling in fresh soil and creating a two or more level stage is one of the best ideas for a backyard. Using various patterns on the terraces boosts the look of the patio and gives something extra to the landscape. Plant a curtain of flowers or some tropicals, play with different shapes and colors of pavers or rise a wall for a feeling of privacy and enclosure.

Flowery and Colourful

Divide your backyard space – a stone path, dividing numerous smaller borders with lovely flower beds – is a perfect touch for making a colourful garden full of flowers and shrubs. The boxwood hedges are always a great backyard landscaping idea – they never get old.

 

Grow Your Own Crops

You only need a sunny backyard to create the food garden that is both beautiful and edible. From spring to fall, the vegetable garden can yield a bountiful harvest. Make a gravel path for an easy access to the beds – it will put a nice touch to the garden.

Build Something

Create a backyard playhouse for the little ones, something colourful and funny. You can even build some of the stuff on your own – there are various DIY project online with step-by-step guides – you will not only save up on some money but you will get the incredible feeling of building something beautiful yet useful, entirely on your own

Gallery of ideas for backyard