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Thinking About A Gazebo? Winter’s The Best Time to Plan

January 4th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Happy New Year to all!

Now that the holidays are past, and winter has settled in, it’s time to take stock of the home and landscape improvements you’d like to see come spring and summer.  The cold weather has stripped everything down to its structural essence, and it’s just much easier to see the landscape layout and structure of your yard now and objectively evaluate exactly where you’d like to make changes and upgrades. Perhaps you’d like to add a gazebo to extend your living and entertaining space out of doors. Adding screened gazebos, hot tub or spa gazebos, decks, patios or porches to your house can enhance the beauty of your home as well as increase its value.

Planning the perfect placement of these additions plus complementary landscaping — adding trees, shrubs, planters or garden beds to accent the new gazebo and help it blend into your yard — takes time.  Don’t wait until the last minute to consider your needs and wants.  Spring will be here before you know it; and you don’t want to rush into an improvement project without a considered plan. Take the time to really look at your yard and list where you want to make changes. Check out some of the articles on our site for inspiration. Check your local library for books picturing landscape design ideas. Consult your local HOA (if applicable) and, if necessary, zoning office to know the rules concerning home additions.

Use the Gazebo Wizard at Gazebo Creations to design a gazebo kit that fits your needs. Resolve to make this the year you turn your backyard into the utopia you’ve always dreamed of.

Landscaping Around a Gazebo: Create the Perfect Setting

November 13th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Landscaping around a gazebo is not difficult; but does require some thought. Now that you’ve chosen the perfect gazebo to complement your home and landscape you want to further enhance the gazebo’s beauty and charm with plants.

Let’s start with what you’d like to accomplish with your gazebo landscaping.  Would you like to enjoy flowering beauty?  Create a living “green” shelter?  Some people plant climbing roses, clematis, or ivies and vines near the gazebo and allow them to cover the structure.  Kept neatly pruned, this can be a beautiful embellishment.  Of course I am speaking about permanently installed structures and not a portable gazebo!  Landscaping around a gazebo that’s portable could include locating an arbor nearby to support climbing flowers and vines, creating shade and a spectacular focal point. An arbor could also be a lovely entry to a permanent gazebo.  Think about whether you may want a decorative walkway leading to your gazebo from your lawn.

Good Landscaping around a Gazebo Considers Usage, Privacy and Shade Needs

Would you like more shade, and/or privacy? Consider selecting dense bushes or small- to mid-size decorative trees to complement your gazebo.  Forsythia, viburnum, or arborvitae bushes can be used to create interest and a lovely living screen.  Read the rest of this entry »

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