Landscaping design and planting
We are the premier landscape design and planting company in the Richmond area. We have worked with everything Richmond has to offer, from narrow Fan lots with very little land to sprawling rural estates. Our aim is to garner the maximum appeal from every yard we work on, and our track record demonstrates this. Allow us to give you a proposal and we are confidant you will be pleased.
Additionally, we know the importance of good communication, which sadly is lacking in the contractor industry. We will return your calls promptly, carefully coordinate scheduling, and follow up. We are confident you will be very satisfied with our service.
Additionally, we know the importance of good communication, which sadly is lacking in the contractor industry. We will return your calls promptly, carefully coordinate scheduling, and follow up. We are confident you will be very satisfied with our service.
Basic design principles
Basic Landscaping Design: How to Take Your Home from Now to Wow
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. Everybody has heard that one. It’s true of job interviews, dating, and many other things, including home or office landscaping. Unfortunately, for landscaping, many think a garden or a few trees and shrubs are all they need to make their home or office a photo op. It’s little wonder the results are often so disappointing. It takes more, a lot more, to give landscaping what it needs to make a property into a showcase. And even if the goal isn’t to have a home on the front cover of a magazine, it can still be unique and reflect the people who live or work there.
Landscaping doesn’t have to end up a disappointment, even if it’s a do-it-yourself job. The more experienced and talented landscaping assistance you have, the better, but good landscaping starts with something different. It begins with a few ideas and a plan. This article will provide a few ideas that will help the overall look of a yard. The plan you can provide yourself or our professional designer can provide it to you. 
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Beautiful Landscaping Starts with a Vision
Most people begin a landscaping project with little idea of what they want the result to look like. Welcome to the club. Unfortunately, most people start their landscaping project with a bag of grass seed, some flowers, and a shrub or two. They believe that once they arrange all these items, viola! They have a landscape. Purchasing the right materials is only one element of a beautiful landscape. To begin, however, you need a pencil and paper. It doesn’t matter what you hope to accomplish, whether it’s just something basic or a center spread for Home & Garden, a beautiful landscape starts with a design idea. So, what is it you would like? Would you like something basic or something amazing? As stated previously, both start with a plan, and you can even start with something basic and end up with a showpiece, but in either case, a basic design to start with is needed. If you want to try putting together a landscaping plan yourself, start with paper and a pencil—or a computer drawing program, if that’s what you prefer—and put together a drawing of what you want your lawn to look like. You need not be an artist to do this. It can even start with cutout pictures from that same magazine you are hoping to make a center spread of one day, but we’re just dreaming. From here, a person is opening him/herself to possibilities and ideas. Nothing is off the table. If you have an idea, put it down on paper. If it works, incorporate it. If it doesn’t, it can be thrown out. For right now, however, there is no such thing as a bad idea. Many would rather have a professional designer who is well versed in hundreds of different plant and landscape styles, color combinations, and yard idiosyncrasies do this for them. They can then determine whether to do the landscaping and planting themselves or have it professionally done. RVA Landscape Design does both the design and the planting parts. An enormous part of designing a landscape is understanding that whatever is created will need maintenance. Don’t plan anything too elaborate if you put in a lot of hours at the office and don’t have time to dedicate to making your landscaping look good. You could hire someone to do the work for you, and that’s up to you, but that’s part of the fun. |
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Landscape Design
So we come back to the question: What do you like? Do you want a beautiful, green, manicured lawn? Do you like colorful flowers? Do you like pretty, full, trees? You can have all the above, but there will need to be space for them, and if it’s decided that the empty space is available, decisions will need to be made on where to put them.
Good landscaping can start with either a few design ideas from your local gardening center or pictures from a magazine, or it can start with your professional designer. While landscaping is do-able by the homeowner, and many do it themselves, the difference in the end product when done by the average homeowner versus a professional is striking. And since this type of work is something you live with for many years, an eye towards what it will look like in the future when everything if fully grown is crucial to long-term happiness.
It is, of course, essential to keep in mind what kinds of plants grow best in your area. Our designer is very familiar with all the options and how they grow in particular types of soil. We will take a few samples and have them tested to know for certain what plants will grow best and what to avoid.
Most people begin their plan with their lawns. How big of a lawn would you like? This depends, of course, on the space you have to work with. Is the area that’s available to work with large, narrow, or open? And would you like to combine a lawn with trees, shrubs, and flowers? Anything is possible, although the budget is something that must be considered. Again, virtually any landscape can start with a few inexpensive basics and end up something very elaborate.
Visualizing what you want your finished yard to look like is another good place to start your plan. A sidewalk or other walkway that runs from either the street or the driveway will need to figure into the plan. Could you line your sidewalk with flowers or shrubs? That’s another good start, but even though a path is usually a straight line doesn’t mean that the beds beside it need to be straight lines. Straight lines in design can feel confining, so we try to create curves in the plan to add interest and even a bit of mystery to the yard.
Another important part of visualizing what a finished yard will look like is to determine what the grown versions of plants will look like. This should be part of any plan for buying the plants, but it is especially important when consideration is given to what a plant will look like as it grows. That tree or bush might be small and cute when it was at the garden center, but when it grows up, it might become a hulking monster that will have to be trimmed or even removed when the roots run under the house or choke off a sprinkler line. We take all this into consideration and plan accordingly.
An overall theme to your landscape is also an excellent idea. Would you like a traditional American yard, or perhaps something with an Oriental motif? Both have distinctive characteristics that are easy to incorporate into practically any finished design. If that is the direction chosen, it’s essential to keep that in mind when doing almost anything at this stage.
Good landscaping can start with either a few design ideas from your local gardening center or pictures from a magazine, or it can start with your professional designer. While landscaping is do-able by the homeowner, and many do it themselves, the difference in the end product when done by the average homeowner versus a professional is striking. And since this type of work is something you live with for many years, an eye towards what it will look like in the future when everything if fully grown is crucial to long-term happiness.
It is, of course, essential to keep in mind what kinds of plants grow best in your area. Our designer is very familiar with all the options and how they grow in particular types of soil. We will take a few samples and have them tested to know for certain what plants will grow best and what to avoid.
Most people begin their plan with their lawns. How big of a lawn would you like? This depends, of course, on the space you have to work with. Is the area that’s available to work with large, narrow, or open? And would you like to combine a lawn with trees, shrubs, and flowers? Anything is possible, although the budget is something that must be considered. Again, virtually any landscape can start with a few inexpensive basics and end up something very elaborate.
Visualizing what you want your finished yard to look like is another good place to start your plan. A sidewalk or other walkway that runs from either the street or the driveway will need to figure into the plan. Could you line your sidewalk with flowers or shrubs? That’s another good start, but even though a path is usually a straight line doesn’t mean that the beds beside it need to be straight lines. Straight lines in design can feel confining, so we try to create curves in the plan to add interest and even a bit of mystery to the yard.
Another important part of visualizing what a finished yard will look like is to determine what the grown versions of plants will look like. This should be part of any plan for buying the plants, but it is especially important when consideration is given to what a plant will look like as it grows. That tree or bush might be small and cute when it was at the garden center, but when it grows up, it might become a hulking monster that will have to be trimmed or even removed when the roots run under the house or choke off a sprinkler line. We take all this into consideration and plan accordingly.
An overall theme to your landscape is also an excellent idea. Would you like a traditional American yard, or perhaps something with an Oriental motif? Both have distinctive characteristics that are easy to incorporate into practically any finished design. If that is the direction chosen, it’s essential to keep that in mind when doing almost anything at this stage.
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We would love to have a look at your yard and give you some ideas Please call us at 804 331 8400 and we will set up an appointment.
Whatever purpose the owner of a home or commercial structure wants to achieve, a significant part can be accomplished by a well-thought-out landscape. It’s simple to have a great landscape around a home or office. It’s not easy, but it is simple. To a great extent, having a great landscape is an ever-evolving process because once a plan starts to take hold, more ideas will no doubt be discovered, leading to more ideas still. As much work as creating a beautiful landscape can be, it’s more of a creative process than anything else.
We have turned many yards from blah to incredible and would love to do so with yours as well. Whether you are trying to create a more attractive outdoor environment for you and your family to enjoy over the years, or just want to add some curb appeal before listing the home, we can accommodate any situation. We have been serving the Richmond area for decades and are very familiar with the types of plants that do well in Virginia, RVA Landscape Design can offer you a number of ideas based on the factors we list above.
We take great pride in every single job we do. If you want the best landscaping design and planting in the Richmond area, give us a call and we will send our designer out to have a look. Thank you for your consideration.
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Service Areas
We service the following counties:
Chesterfield
Richmond
Henrico
Hanover
And the following areas:
Richmond City
Southside
West End
Ashland
Short Pump
We have turned many yards from blah to incredible and would love to do so with yours as well. Whether you are trying to create a more attractive outdoor environment for you and your family to enjoy over the years, or just want to add some curb appeal before listing the home, we can accommodate any situation. We have been serving the Richmond area for decades and are very familiar with the types of plants that do well in Virginia, RVA Landscape Design can offer you a number of ideas based on the factors we list above.
We take great pride in every single job we do. If you want the best landscaping design and planting in the Richmond area, give us a call and we will send our designer out to have a look. Thank you for your consideration.
Pages: Ideas, Lighting
Service Areas
We service the following counties:
Chesterfield
Richmond
Henrico
Hanover
And the following areas:
Richmond City
Southside
West End
Ashland
Short Pump