Category: Garden Design

Introduction to Lawn Mower Spark Plugs

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

If you own a lawn mower, you likely know that you have spark plugs in the engine. These spark plugs need to be changed occasionally as routine maintenance! However, if you find yourself asking what a spark plug actually is, don’t worry, you aren’t alone. A lot of people know very little about their vehicles. The good news is that, since you are reading this, you are seeking to learn more. What Is a Spark Plug? What Does It Do? As you may know, your engine moves the wheels by…

Create Interesting Garden Designs Using Composite Decking

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

When you are faced with a blank canvas outside your home, the potential for garden greatness can be both exciting and overwhelming. A quick google search will show you hundreds of gardens that look like they’ve been created by professional landscapers!   So, the quest for a beautiful new garden, why not consider the different ways composite decking can be used to extend your living space and transform it? Composite decking is an incredibly beautiful, versatile, and low-maintenance option, so however you incorporate it into your garden design it will look…

How Winter Prep Makes For a Glamorous Summer Garden

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

Start planning your garden now if you want to have a flourishing beautiful garden come summer. Here’s how! Surveying your garden over the winter months can be depressing. Everything looks dreary and bedraggled, there’s no colour to speak of, your favourite plants have died back and your carefully nurtured lawn probably looks boggy and dishevelled. But don’t be disheartened. As long as you are prepared to brave the cold and wet, the winter months are actually the ideal time to start your garden makeover so everything looks stunning come the…

Everything You Never Knew About Aerating Your Lawn

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

A green lawn is a beautiful thing, but as you likely already know by now, it takes way more work than you expect to keep it green! Photos Via: Style Blueprint Even if you are watering 1.5 inches every week (in the mornings, so your lawn doesn’t become a mildewed swamp), mowing to the exact height of 2.5 inches (with razor-sharp mowing blades, you might add) and sprinkling nitrogen-rich fertilizer every fall, you still probably aren’t doing enough to guarantee a healthy lawn. That’s because you aren’t aerating, or ensuring…

How to Care for Stamped Concrete Pool Deck

Michelle from Modern Architecture Concept

Do you have stamped concrete around your home? Here is the right way to care for it to keep it looking its best for years to come! Photo: CustomCrete Inc. If you chose to go for stamped concrete out of all the pool deck options, what an excellent choice! Not only does stamped concrete give off the look and feel of traditional elegance, it also provides traction and is an easy update that increases your home’s value. This keeps your pool deck from being a slipping hazard. Like other pool decking…