According to Vick Walker, Senior Industrial Designer at Dimension One Spas, “Greening your backyard can be as easy as integrating the products you have decided you need with the harmony of your outdoor room’s natural surroundings. Use trees to create shade areas and vines can soften trellises.
“Green” doesn’t have to mean that every product is made from recycled materials. It can just as easily mean that your backyard is healthy enough to attract birds and butterflies, to be a haven for plants and flowers of all colors and sizes. Going green also means embracing natural settings and solutions –- integrating an outdoor space with your lifestyle means you will use it more frequently and enjoy rewarding experiences. A great outdoor space should do more than just look good, it should enhance the moments and days of those who experience it.”
Drawing inspiration from the natural environment creates a tranquil outdoor living space.
Green, sustainable, eco-friendly. These terms accompany stunning images of home improvement projects in magazines and on TV. But don’t be fooled, Eco-Chic gardens are for everyone, even those of us with modest means. It’s actually quite easy to make your garden the sustainable star of the neighborhood.
Green landscapes are a combination of the Three M’s: Materials, Methods and Maintenance. An ideally sustainable garden is made up of all eco-friendly materials, was installed using low-impact methods and is entirely maintained in a way that conserves resources.
The mountain cedar used was harvested before it was bulldozed and burned and blends in with nature – it is not harsh like milled cedar.
