Why is your garden design important?

No matter if you are renovating your old house in Calabria, Italy or if you are constructing a new home, landscaping your garden is what makes your home look completed and attractive. With us you can plan an attractive landscape design and then enjoy it the way you want it to be, a well maintained garden also adds value and appeal to your property.

Naturally your home is the centre of interest on your property and a proper landscaping will enhance the good points and distract attention from the weak points. The design of your garden makes your house unique and completed. Landscaping is more beyond putting a couple of plants in your garden. There are also lots of details to bring a sense of style through designing your garden area.

When we plan the layout of your garden we will discuss with you the architectural components of your design:

• Paths and walls
• Fence and gate
• Wall fountain, Pond, Waterfall, Rock garden
• Barbecue area
• Garden lighting
• Watering system
• And last but not least: The plants - trees, shrubs, flowers and lawn

The plants

We will pay attention first to the layout of the plants in your garden. The plants are the backbone of your garden and affect the look of your garden. Appropriate plants must be grouped together and in proper order for the sun rays to reach them. The green plants in the garden can hide views from the house or to the house; they can create an intimate area or large open spaces. The right layout of the trees in the garden can allow you to use the garden all year round and provide maximum sun to specific areas – like the swimming pool for example.

Architectural components

Architectural components in your yard will be built on your request. You should think about the fence (type and material), gate, front yard, backyard and/or swimming pool. Keep in mind that the front yard will be seen all year round and must be designed attractive, because it is you card to others and must look inviting.

Low maintenance garden?

A garden can be landscaped to require minimal maintenance, but all garden/outdoor spaces will at some stage require maintenance. Even if this involves maintaining plants several times in the year, and additionally cleaning, repainting, staining natural and man-made materials. The amount of maintenance is down to personal preference. By choosing good-quality, robust materials that are well designed and built to a high level of construction method will reduce the amount of on-going maintenance you will have to undertake in the future. Good design and implementation reduces maintenance.

Bearing in mind that many houses in Calabria, Italy are owned as a second home it is very likely that you will not be in Italy all year round and it will be not possible for you to maintain your garden. We offer property management as a standard service; you can contact us about property maintenance.