If you intend on doing your property’s landscaping yourself, instead of calling experts, then there are many things you need to learn – and fast. Landscapers are so good at their jobs because they have spent several years understanding the industry, plants, what works, and what doesn’t. If you picked up your knowledge from a home and garden magazine, you don’t tend to have the same experience. As a result, it’s common to make some mistakes.
Mistakes by landscapers are easy enough to fix, but they are even easier to not make in the first place. If you are about to get the landscaping process underway, make sure you don’t do the following.
- Fail to Plan
You will be aware of the adage: fail to plan, and you plan to fail. The same rule applies to landscaping. If you do everything on a whim or wing the entire process, you may end up with a whole host of problems that can take months or years to correct.
Before you put your garden gloves on and get to work, make sure you’ve considered:
- Your available space
- The climate
- Wildlife and insect threats
- Terrain
- Watering requirements
- The function of the area
- Colours
Failure to consider these points may result in you needing to throw in extra funding to take care of associated problems.