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Flower Beds around House
Foundation
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How to Make New
Landscape Beds Around a House Foundation
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Garden landscaping ideas - Potting soil - Plastic edging
- Perennials - Garden decorating ideas |
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Preamble |
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Landscaping around
house perimeter |
Making beautiful flower beds around the house
foundation is a landscaping project accessible
to everyone, regardless of the space available.
Designing and building a flower bed to host
perennials, shrubs and other plants around the
perimeter of your house gives an interesting
look to the decor of your property. |
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Beds around a house |
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Landscape around the home's foundation before
landscaping |
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Garden Beds Landscaping Ideas
Flower beds around
foundation |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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Before starting the
flower bed project
around the house, you should look before if you
must to move plants and shrubs. |
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Backyard landscaping |
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Foundation Planting Beds
DIY Flower beds |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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| Remember that the area
around the foundation of the house does not
receive a lot of rainwater (the edge of the
house roof). Leave a space without planting, at
least 2 feet next to your foundation. In the
case of a rock garden (more arid landscaping
project), ignore this advice. |
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Lawn along the foundation of the house |
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Flower Beds against foundations
Landscaping close to
foundations |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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| When designing the
flower bed, always think about what will
surround the flower bed (driveways, paths,
trees, fences, house windows). |
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Front balcony and flower bed around it |
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How to Make a Flower Bed
Proper landscaping
around your house's foundation |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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| Keep in mind the deck
or balcony and plan to hide specific spots with
the plants that will be planted. |
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Planting a landscape bed |
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Simple Way for Landscaping
Landscaping around
house perimeter |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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| When planting shrubs
and other plants, provide space for each
according to their maximum height and width. |
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Removing grass |
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Things to Know before Digging
How far out should
landscaping be from house |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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ThTwo options to us
when your goal is to create a flower bed space:
1. Removing the sod and dig.
2. Using the sheet mulching technique using
cardboard as weeds killer (refer to page 3).
For this landscaping project: Removing the sod
option was chosen. |
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Country house and garden before landscaping |
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Perimeter Landscaping Ideas
Planting around your
home's foundation |
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Flower beds along
side of house : |
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| Side of the house
before flower bed landscaping. |
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