How To Plan The Best Water Features For Your Landscape
17
Sep

How To Plan The Best Water Features For Your Landscape

Designing a well-balanced unique and attractive landscape is about making sure that you choose the right features and elements. Creating a cohesive look in your home’s outdoor spaces involves planning the areas correctly, making optimal use of the available space while adding decorative and functional features that will increase your home’s value. 

DNS Landscaping is a leading company in this industry, providing high-quality landscape design and planning solutions. We also handle all the installation work to industry standards so that you have beautiful, functional, and sustainable outdoor areas on your property.

Water Feature Planning for Landscapes 

When you are considering which elements to install in a landscape, water features are the right choice. The water element lends freshness, liveliness, and an appealing aesthetic to any landscape. However, planning these features involves various aspects. Let’s take a look at what these are:

  • One of the first things to do is to understand what the layout of your property is. This is a crucial aspect because an oversized water feature will create an imbalance in the outdoor spaces. Choose an element that is proportionate to the available space to fit in perfectly without affecting its appeal.
  • Conduct some amount of research on the latest water feature trends. While you do this, do not get carried away with the currently floating ideas on the market. Whenever you choose any water feature, you need to make sure that it complements the other elements in your landscape. So if you have a classic-style or traditional-styled landscape and you install a modern style water feature, it will stand out like a sore thumb, which is something you do not want. Look for something trendy but which fits in with the aesthetic of your yard spaces. Opt for a design that will be trendy for a long time.
  • Choose the right materials because this feature will be exposed to the elements, and it needs to be hardy enough to endure this exposure. Various materials such as natural stone, brick, river rock boulders, aggregate concrete, and more could be used in water feature construction. Consult with professionals for their inputs as they would be able to guide your water feature material choices. You can also use a mix and match of materials to create a unique looking water element in your garden.
  • Always hire professionals for the installation work as well. They will make sure that the entire structure is designed perfectly, that the right materials and installation techniques are used in the project. These are crucial aspects if you want a stable, attractive, and long-lasting feature that will uplift your landscape’s look.

 

We at DNS Landscaping can handle every phase of planning and installing water features in landscapes to industry standards. For any more information about water feature design and installation, feel free to call DNS Landscaping at (210) 765-8667. You can also use this Contact Us form to send us an email, and we will call you back shortly.