Why LANdSCAPING? The thrill of the till

By Lisa CuLLen

Don’t underestimate the therapeutic value of gardening. It’s the one area where we can all use our creative talents to make a truly satisfying work of art. Every individual, with thought, patience and a large portion of help from nature, has it in them to create their own private paradise: truly a thing of beauty and a joy forever.” ~Geoff landscaping blend of stone, tile, wood, water, lawn, lighting offer the perfect mix to a finished backyard.

Why landscaping? Factually, it’s about creating another world, your own world where what you want, what you like is what’s important. Creating a private paradise in your back yard is the real purpose of landscaping. A garden provides refuge, a sanctuary from the sometimes hectic pace of life; a place to recharge, regroup and get away from the pressures and demands of daily life, where there is freedom to do, to be, to have whatever YOU want.

Call it a landscape or a garden, either way, using the earth as canvas and trees, plants and flowers as “paint” is an art form unlike any other. In creating a garden we can let our imaginations run wild and have some fun as there is no “right” or “wrong” in this creative medium, only our own aesthetic vision.

Some compare landscaping to remodeling a home or decorating or perhaps adding on a room. If we are talking about constructing patios, spas and BBQs, I suppose there are some similarities, especially when you blend the elements of water, wood, stone and vegetation, but I encourage a look at the bigger picture. This is art that is ALIVE! It grows and changes over time, every season affording new delights: flowers and trees in bloom, varieties of color and fragrance, sounds and silences. A garden IS life; providing habitat for fauna and multitudes of pollinators, sustenance for us physically in terms of food and spiritually in terms of beauty.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

This well-worn phrase originates back to third century BC Greece, and has been employed by everyone from Shakespeare to Benjamin