Current trends in landscaping
/Everybody wants a colorful, vibrant, unique, and sustainable yard that welcomes guests and suits their family's lifestyle. Below are some of the most popular landscaping trends in recent years. The Alpine team can help create a backyard that suits your personal needs, budget, aesthetic, and dreams.
- Less Lawn, More Garden... including fragrant flowers and variegated foliage to last all season long. Popular plants include Hydrangeas, Lavender, Russian Sage, Moonflower, Impatiens, and Celosia
- Special areas devoted to a "theme"-- for example, a personal herb garden or a sensory garden (incorporating fuzzy lamb's ear, eye-catching succulents, fragrant lavender, and other exciting plants)
- Welcoming nature into your space-- building a backyard chicken coop, attracting birds and butterflies, and making the yard pet-friendly are all ways to feel more connected to the wonderful world we live in
- Unique water features to enhance the sight and sound of your landscape, such as pondless water features
- Drought-friendly/xeriscaping: incorporating or focusing solely on native plants, natural elements, succulents, drip irrigation, and hardscaped pathways to minimize water waste and lower your water bill!
- Pavers and other hardscaping materials: Permeable pavers can reduce runoff and leaching of contaminants; Pavers can also be a stylish and affordable alternative to natural stone or brick, and effects like planking on a patio can even be achieved with this application
- Dramatic details, like torches, fire rings, and outdoor fireplaces
- Great lighting schemes, using trendy LED fixtures, as well as cutting-edge technology to manage the entire system
- Outdoor kitchens, including beautiful BBQs, pizza ovens or state-of-the-art appliances
- Synthetic turf, to save water and maintenance costs and avoid the use of harsh chemicals
