If you are planning to landscape the front yard and slash the cost for professional advice, then you might as well check out sites in the net before taking the shovel into your hands. The top consideration among the list is the purpose of the space. How often do you use the area and what activities you normally do in it? Or you just consider landscaping for aesthetic purpose?
I encourage you to mull over landscaping for energy conservation. Aside from beautifying your surroundings, you have achieved cost cutting measures.
Here are some tips I got to help you in choosing the plants to keep:
- Deciduous trees planted in south and west of a home – used to shade the house
- Evergreen trees planted in north and west of a home – serve as windbreakers
- Shrubs – reduce heating costs
