Gardening Design Ideas with Tree Pictures, Examples of Landscape Design Using Different Types of Trees
Fall mums are a great choice! It makes one’s garden color come back when other trees, shrubs and plants are shutting down for the coming of winter months.
Some prefer the yellow mums in gardens as they seem to hold their flowers longer but mixing in another color adds a needed variety and contrast as seen below.
Repair your wood deck, apply two new coats of stain, then you have more money for other garden improvements.
Deck Repair Decisions:
1. Top Wood plank condition and structure underneath not rotted and soft
2. Clean wood surface, free of BBQ grease, some sand deck … power wash if available
3. Ensure dry and stain coat twice for best look.
Level 2 Deck Repair is going to be expensive. Considerations are
1. Wood prices are up but taking hard look at replacing the entire deck surface.
2. Going to be some structural and rot issues which will add to the budget
3. Ok with the Standard brown wood finish color or going to stain the wood to your own tastes
4. Consider composite decking? If you upgrading from a wood deck you will not have the recommended 12″ stringer spacing needed, pushing you closer towards to a new deck redo!
Wood Deck is 3-4 years old, in great condition other than losing it pressure treated color. Sunny bleached pressure treated wood deck is being applied with 2 coats of Thompson Water seal to revive the decks appearance and to preserve from wood rot.
Refinishing the wood resulted in great revived new deck appearance!
Wood Deck 3-4 years later!
Water Seal finish was pealing off in areas calling for a new refinish repair. Otherwise beautiful finish has deteriorated away due to water being absorbed into the dry boards and popping off the water seal finish.
Because the woods surface had been clear sealed, one has to sand the decking boards to get back to the raw wood surface.
Refinished the Deck with a semi transparent stain that soaks into the wood, so that next time can just re-stain the deck!
Prefer Wood stain finish as it is easier to recoat one deck!
Resisting using wood mulch on your gardens because the wood pieces mix with you nice dark triple loam mix? Yup, that’s one of the downsides!
There are many mulch colors, a few Types of Mulches in bulk are Sawmill black, brown Cedar, white Pine, Playground mulch Utility, basic or uncolored natural utility mulch.
We get it! Consider adding mulch to dryer garden beds that need weed control and to retain water. Leaving other gardens with the black loam!
Mulch Garden Design Ideas
Mulch let’s you work with any shape you wish. These mulch gardens are freeform created by the brick outline which helps hold the mulch away from the earth where begonia flowers will be planted.
The garden edge has been edged and filled with mulch. Mulch can be ordered bulk, but we like the Scotts Mulch Deep Forest Brown over the years!
Thought your pressure treated wood will last for ever?
Decks, fence posts, retaining walls, wood garden borders or any wood in touch with ground moister is subject to decay and rots faster.
Maybe this year it is time to replace some old rotten wood?
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Example of a pair of Classic Craftsman designed solid oak wood chairs. Wood Chair’s condition and finish are protected by being underneath a covered veranda.
Great relaxing chairs to enjoy a warm Summer day.
Investing in a pressure treated deck to walk out and enjoy your backyard is a well deserved life reward!
Deck Design it is essential to add in some garden accents potted flowers, table for drinks, wall décor, sun umbrella.
Storing big garden equipment, be it a John Deer Gator, Toro or other lawn equipment, a large shed is one of the best decision you will make that lasts for years!
PS Shed concrete pad adds to your costs, but the trade off is that shed looks professionally finished and is easy to clean, plus stops the years of critters from digging underneath, getting in, making a mess and destroying your equipment.
Solid Wood Fence acts as a solid no see through Privacy Fence by using 1″ thick 12 inch wide rough sawn pine boards.
Fence was given some unique design by increasing the height of every other board to create a castle effect.
Reduced fence height when coming to meet a low metal farm gate.
Hyacinths can grow in just water because the nutrients are in the bulb!
Hyacinthus is an early bloomer in Spring coming in range of pinks, blues in single or double petal flowers. Hyacinths blooms only once per year and bloom each year as are a perennial plant.
A favorite potted plant in the house with of it’s strong fragrant flowers.
A Mother’s Day gift winner!
No Rules Garden Design!
Here an Old tree has been cleaned up and trimmed up .. adds visual interest and center piece to this relatively small garden.
Just got to find that narly bent tree and mount it securely in your garden.
P.S. Driftwood could be another possibly simpler alternate?
Thick Cedars planted closely together create one of the best privacy Hedges!
Neighbors overly interested in your life, visitors and street doings are a pest .. so best blocked their view and get back your privacy!
P.S. This Cedar hedge could use a little trimming, the off season of winter is best time to trim, then you would better see the path with the black wrought iron gate.
Cedar trees planted in large pots is a fast way to dress up a large area of pavement or concrete and can be part of your landscape design.
Potted Evergreen Cedars trees are a fast and easy way to increase your home’s curb appeal with out committing yourself to a lot of digging!
P.S. Square planter is white plastic container about 2′ x 2′ x 20″ high (600x600x500mm) purchased at Lowes.ca
The Sumac Tree’s fall colors of red, yellow and orange leaves rival the brightness found on the sugar maple trees.
Best Cedar Tree trimming time is late Fall or early Spring !
A Cedar tree’s growth generally retains the latest shape created … but a new trimming can bring back the design shape you like best.
Cedar trees can be formed into many shapes. This is an easy DIY project!
When one is pruning cedars, some prefer to cut the bottom wider than the top to allow sunlight to the lower branches … more of a Christmas tree or cone shape. Cedars are flexible and as shown in the picture above as cedars are trimmed in more of a column shape.
Trimming cedar trees or hedge can be done most any time of the year. The best time is after spring’s 6-8 week cedar leaf growth period.
Cedar Pruning Caution: Start out slowly and trim a little at a time until your shape starts to develop. Cutting to deeply into the cedar you will run into the interior branches that have little or no foliage … then you end with a hole in you shape .. not so good!
Tools need are a sharp pair of hand shears for smaller trees … some smaller cedar hedges can be done with shears but with larger cedar hedges one needs an electric or gas shears.
If you have large and tall cedar hedges consider using an arborist as there is some danger and/or skill involved.
Advantages to regular annual pruning is that it keeps the cedar’s shape you want. Regular trimming maintains your cedar’s size and the garden area they take up.
Why use yellow Mums in the Fall?
They are bright in color and seem to out last other colors planted.
Enjoy!
Autumn Maple Trees Leaves contrast in the bright blue sky during the Autumn Season.
Dwarf Apple Tree can be a good fit for an with urban gardener with limited space.
Best cover your apple tree’s fruit as the apples mature, especially if you get large birds or animals who want to eat your bounty.
What is that crow thinking “Free Apples!”?
P.S. Dwarf trees are smart choice for city gardens! Many people plant a new maple or oak … then 25 years later it takes up the whole yard … unless you move!
Water front properties are expensive to buy and come with high annual property taxes.
Don’t have the money, but want to experience some of the luxury water pond benefits and pleasures in your landscape.
Then a water feature maybe in your future!
Problem with a dead lack luster area in your garden? Scruffy shrubby path area or need to dress up an entrance … to impress for business or the family 
Simple Garden Idea! Works great with any bird bath with a few water colorful lily flowers as shown below.
Landscape Notes:
A. Square Patio stone underneath the bird bath helps stabilize the bird bath level.
B. Scotts brand deep forest brown mulch creates a base of ground cover.
When the hot dry “heat wave” warnings come out you can sit back and relax!
Garden Sprinklers are real convenience for the avid gardener, dry conditions and busy people because many hours of hand watering are saved.
1. Garden Sprinkler System is broken into zones (3 shown) because your water supply volume can’t water one’s entire property all at once. Zones allow one to separate garden areas from lawn areas along with varying each zones water times.
2. Sprinkler water flow can be adjusted at the pop-up heads but it true that some plants or flowering pots may need more water attention.
3. PS Sprinkler systems can have remotes that allow you to test and activate zones on a need basis. A must have!
John Deere Gator can make a enormous help with landscaping .. real work horse for hauling earth, brush, rocks … biggest bonus you’ll get bigger jobs finished sooner .. especially when you work by yourself!
Landscape considerations:
1. 4×4 wheel drive great for slopes and wet conditions
2. Over sized tires help prevent tearing up your lawn and leave less deep track trails
3. Window shield keeps rain out and protect yourself from branch whacks in the face
4. Electric tip is nice to have .. JD Gator small dump box, manual lever tip works well.
5. Trailer hitch allow you options to pull a trailer .. trees, branches
6. Electric Winch .. pull yourself out or pull other things
7. Other features: Hard doors, heater, wiper blades, mirrors, radio, LED light bar, snow plow, Camouflage vinyl overlay ..
Large garden clock provides a focal point that you eyes go to!
Used on a front yard corner, clock is double faced and high quality piece mounted on a pole.
P.S. Looking for a cheaper? Different styles of imported clock versions are available many craft stores and some garden accessories stores.
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