Three Essential Pool Landscaping Tips
Well designed pool landscaping is an investment that will bring you pleasure for years to come, so its worth taking the time to plan your project carefully. While landscaping around a pool isnt necessarily complicated, there are a few areas where making a mistake can end up costing serious money. To help you both avoid expensive mistakes and get the most out of your pool, here are some tips on planning your landscaping design.
Choose good pool plants
The types of plants youre going to have around the pool is something youll want to give serious consideration to. Choose the wrong plants and you could end up with leaves and seedpods in your water or, worse, roots growing through the wall.
Before you decide to place any plant near your pool read up on it to make sure it wont interfere with your enjoyment of the pool. If it turns out the plant drops lots of debris like flowers or berries, has prickles or stickers, or attracts insects, dont use it.
Know your goals
When you decided to have a pool put in, you most likely had a clear idea of how youd use that pool. Where you dreaming of escaping from the world to lounge by the water? Were you planning late-night pool parties? Were you thinking of all the fun youd have playing pool sports with the kids? Before you even start looking at pictures of pool landscaping, think through the main activities youll be doing in and around the pool. What you want to spend your time doing there will be a major influence on how you need to landscape it.
Don’t neglect the deck
The first thing youll want to consider when youre building a pool deck is the type of material youre going to use. Make sure you choose something thats rough enough to provide decent traction when wet, yet not so rough its going to be painful on bare feet.
When youve got the deck installed, make sure you dont just let it sit there. A dull deck or patio can easily ruin the look of an otherwise beautiful poolscape. After all, you wont be spending all your time in the pool and even while youre swimming, you can still see that deck.
You may not want to go all out, but having a few Adirondack chairs and some trailing plants hanging from a basket will add a lot to the look of your poolside.
If youre a do-it-yourselfer, theres no reason you need to pay a landscaper thousands to design your pool landscaping for you. Just make sure you start your landscape plans with a clear idea of what you want to get out of your pool area and carefully consider each element you add.
