If you live in Denver, your thoughts are beginning to envision backyard living and outdoor entertaining. This time of year, puts the outdoors in focus in anticipation of warmer weather, and it’s exciting!
Maybe your backyard needs upgraded features, a terrace, gazebo or walkways thru foliage. Any outdoor upgrade will appreciate the home value and add a higher level of luxury living experience. Doing any exterior upgrades with an eye towards water conservation, in a dry climate, gives an added dimension of challenges.
If you are looking to transform your yard into an outdoor oasis, 5280 published an article containing water-wise landscape designs created primarily for the Denver area. “There’s a wealth of information available to help you tailor a water-wise design to your needs—online and in many metro-area garden centers, where employees are eager to share their expertise—but we thought we’d take the easy route by sharing some ready-made plans that have already been implemented by local homeowners.”
And the information is invaluable, with plans and photos you can use to jumpstart your creative design ideas.
Wild Ones can help bring your creative ideas to reality and they have a page devoted to the Denver Front Range and the native plants. In describing their method they say, “This design features a broad variety of food sources, nesting materials, and hideaways for Colorado insects and wildlife. It promotes a zero-waste design system, in which no (carbon-rich) organic material is hauled away, but is instead used to resist weeds while improving soil, plant, and critter health.”
WOW! That’s sure to excite your gardener.
Gather Your Backyard Ideas Together
Lifescape Colorado says, “While most people tend to focus on their home’s interior spaces during fall and early winter, Lifescape envisions a different approach. Rather than neglecting outdoor living during this period, take advantage of the relatively cooperative weather to plan and implement beautiful and simple backyard landscaping ideas that will bloom to life when spring arrives.”
In another article, Lifescape Colorado, highlights landscape ideas inspired by the Denver Botanical Gardens.
“One way to pare down your choices is to look to sources of inspiration. An excellent resource that can act as your “idea book” is the Denver Botanic Gardens. Either browsing at photos online or visiting the garden grounds itself offers a wealth of information on which combinations of plants go well together, what kinds of flora thrive in Colorado, what’s in season and ready to go in the ground, and which colors are hot right now. Moreover, the Denver Botanic Gardens showcases supplementary elements to add to your cache of ideas, such as water features, stonework, and interesting layout designs.”
Getting The Backyard Work Done!
The Denver Post Home and Garden section had many tips for Denver backyard ideas, and how to hire the right professional, ” In the landscape world, people can be called different titles but offer similar or overlapping services. They include landscape contractor, landscape designer, landscape architect, professional gardener or horticulturist. Degrees and certification requirements vary among these titles.”
When looking to purchase a home, buyers are searching listings that include backyard living, outdoor entertaining areas or outside greenspace. It has become a large part of our lifestyle in Denver and other states, since Covid confined us inside the security of our homes. So, investing in your backyard this spring might be a great investment in your home and add a real monetary value you never expected.
The specialists at Katchen Company can help you find the outside oasis you are dreaming of; they can find you a backyard with all the amenities included in a home that will make the space personal, livable and exciting!
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