The exciting thing about being a homeowner is that you can personalize your space to look however you want it to look. That is also the most exciting part of landscape design. While the options for design are nearly endless, this post will break down three techniques that leverage innovative design and technological advancement to design a yard that is uniquely yours.
Vertical Garden Landscaping
There are lots of benefits to vertical landscaping. For one thing, the current housing market is all about urban housing and fitting as many housing opportunities into one space as possible. This means there’s far less yard space going around–but vertical gardens provide the opportunity to have a garden even if you’re in a small or urban space.
On top of adding general visual interest and saving space, planting vertical gardens has some unexpected benefits. For starters, they reduce noise pollution; the plants in a vertical garden act as natural sound barriers, absorbing and deflecting sound waves. They also improve outdoor air quality.
Plants are natural carbon sinks, filtering out harmful pollutants like carbon dioxide and particulate matter. They even act as natural insulators for buildings, reducing the need for heat or AC, saving both money and energy. No wonder vertical gardens are so good in urban environments.
Vertical gardens also provide another opportunity to incorporate themed gardens into your space. While you could argue that a vertical garden is a theme in and of itself, you can take it a step further by contributing zen or fairy garden aspects. Butterfly and pollinator gardens work great, too.
Because you’ll likely need some sort of trellis to build your garden on, you can customize it with lights, ornaments, and other features that show off your personality. A pro tip to consider what material you want your trellis to be made out of, as it’s going to be the backdrop for everything else you put on it.
Hydroponic Landscaping
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution instead of soil. This method works great in urban places and adds some visual interest. But it’s also great for folks with little space, poor soil, or locations with extreme temperatures. Because hydroponic gardens allow you to control your plant’s conditions precisely, it can be fun to experiment with different light, pH, and nutrient levels. Though already a sustainable method, hydroponics has other benefits, too, such as integrating solar panels to provide sunlight to your plants, increased water conservation as you can reuse the water for multiple plants, and implementing smart technologies and vertical hydroponic gardens. It is growing particularly popular as a farming method, as the vertical options allow anyone to grow food, even with limited resources. Plus, farming can become very expensive, and the sustainable options for hydroponic farming save lots of money and yield healthier food that won’t succumb to pests or soil problems.Smart Irrigation Landscaping
Smart irrigation landscaping techniques advance every day. Regardless of what you’re growing or how you’re growing it, your plants need to be watered. Smart irrigation systems leverage advanced technology to target your watering. They maximize irrigation efficiency by conserving water while also keeping your plants in optimal health.
They have various capabilities, such as measuring daily transpiration rates, local weather conditions, and soil moisture data to automatically tailor watering schedules and run times to meet your landscape’s specific needs. Many systems also have fewer yet more efficient sprinkler heads to water every part of your yard accurately.
The biggest technological advancement is the integration of mobile apps that let you monitor your landscape’s conditions in real-time. These apps allow you to change the controls from your phone and input data about your plants or soil so your system can adjust accordingly. Most systems will shut off if it’s raining or freezing out, ensuring you’re conserving water in every way possible. Lawn care has never been easier.
Conclusion
What’s great about designing innovative landscapes is that they tend to be just as sustainable as they are fun to look at. Homeowners take pride in their yards, and it becomes that much easier to do so when you’ve designed a landscape so efficiently. Plus, even within these three techniques, there’s much room for further personalization.
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