These days, people are paying more attention to living an environmentally friendly life. They are finding ways to reduce their carbon footprint and have less of an impact on the world around them. That includes having an eco-friendly backyard.
There are many benefits to using a sustainable landscape design for your North Texas property.
In this article, we’ll highlight some eco-friendly backyard ideas including some of the benefits of considering them.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
1. An Eco-Friendly Backyard is Good for the Earth
2. A Sustainable Landscape Design Can Be Lower Maintenance
3. Eco-Friendly Backyard Ideas Can Lead to Cost Savings
4. An Eco-Friendly Backyard is Beautiful
At the end of the day we want you to know that you can have an aesthetically beautiful property that still beckons you to spend more time outside while also being eco-minded.
Let’s look at some of the benefits of an eco-friendly property.
The most obvious benefit and why you might be considering a sustainable landscape design in the first place is that it’s good for planet Earth.
You want to be able to enjoy the outdoors, but you don’t want to feel as though your property is contributing negatively to the environment.
But a sustainable landscape design can give you the best of all worlds.
It also helps to work with a company that is keeping eco friendliness in mind. Sometimes, it’s things that homeowners don’t even think about, such as offering drainage solutions.
Plenty of landscaping companies give very little to no thought as to how water runoff affects the property. But drainage solutions can go hand-in-hand with being eco-minded.
Drainage problems obviously cause so many hassles and headaches on a property. But they can also have negative environmental consequences when excess water turns into runoff.
Best practices also help support a sustainable landscape.
For instance, you don’t want to work with a company that over-fertilizes or over-treats your property for weeds. You want a company that is delivering the precise amount of product and target treating. So much of it comes back to working with a thoughtful company that’s not just rushing through the job.
One of the key benefits of sustainable landscaping in Texas is also the fact that it typically means a lower maintenance property. That’s something that many clients ask for as they look for ways to reduce the amount of upkeep required to keep their property looking its best.
For instance, choosing lower maintenance trees and shrubs can mean less upkeep and care. This would include drought-tolerant varieties that don’t require as much regular watering.
Another way that we create a sustainable landscape that is also lower maintenance is by using native plants. Native plants are those that are found naturally here in Texas and therefore well-adapted to the conditions.
Generally, native plants tend to be lower maintenance meaning they are more drought-tolerant and require less care.
Other eco-friendly backyard ideas include using rocks or creating other non-grass areas, particularly in spots where grass might struggle to grow. Anytime that you’re incorporating a landscape element that doesn’t require watering (like rocks or mulch), you’re making an impact on sustainability.
A lot of these ideas can also mean cost savings over time.
As you know, water is a precious resource here in Texas, so by choosing landscaping elements that require less watering, it can add up to dollars saved.
Speaking of saving money on water, working with a company who also knows how to make your irrigation system more efficient with smart technology and diligent care will also help make your landscape more sustainable while saving you money.
In general, having a lower maintenance property can also add up to cost savings in the long run. We’re always clear that keeping up with the care of ANY landscape does take effort. There is no such thing as a 100-percent maintenance-free landscape, unless you want it to take on a mind of its own.
But there are definitely ways to start reducing the upkeep associated with your landscape by implementing eco-friendly backyard ideas.
We would be remiss if we didn’t mention that another of the benefits of sustainable landscaping in Texas is beauty. Sometimes people mistakenly assume you can’t have an eco-friendly property that’s also aesthetically appealing. But that’s not the case at all.
Much of it comes down to a solid sustainable landscape design. When you work with a landscaping company that takes these eco-friendly considerations into account, but still keeps an eye for design at the forefront of planning, it can really pay off.
You can absolutely have the best of all worlds. That is, a landscape that you feel good about that is still beautiful and appealing.
At Grassperson, we care about being good stewards of the environment. In fact, like a lot of landscapers, one of the reasons we got into this industry was to help people enjoy more time in the great outdoors.
As part of that, we care about improving green spaces in our region.
As we make those improvements, we don’t want to be having an unnecessary negative impact on the environment.
We are a very conscientious company that is also always looking out for the best interest of our clients. We aren’t performing unnecessary services or doing sloppy work (like over-applying fertilizer).
And along with all that, we’re always looking for best solutions like solving drainage problems or making sprinkler systems more efficient…all of which improves the sustainability of a property.
It all boils down to this one simple fact. At Grassperson, we want what’s best for our clients and the world around us.
Ready to have a truly impressive sustainable landscape? Get in touch with us so we can talk about some enhancements that might work best for your unique property.
