Landscaping and Gardening Ideas for Your Backyard Space

Lowe's Creative Ideas brings you unique gardening and landscaping ideas that will make any backyard the perfect spot for entertaining or relaxing. When turning a simple patio into a customizable entertainment space, making a plan is the first and most important goal. Having a clear plan of progression, knowing what projects to do first and getting the heavy lifting, like building a patio, out of the way is important.

A patio can breathe a whole new life to a backyard. Adding simple lighting fixtures is just as important indoors as outdoors. A little more light means more time to enjoy your new space and it emits a comfy ambiance. Bring the inside out! Be as comfortable as you are inside, outside.

When it comes to the landscape, do your research. Knowing what flowers, shrubs and trees can tolerate certain climates is important. Some soils are also more acidic than others, and some plants may fail or thrive in them. Whether you are lining a walkway or adding trees for shade and privacy pick ones that will work in your environment.

The results will speak for themselves. With just a few simple creative ideas from Lowe's you can begin to take advantage of old unused backyard space and turn them into the focal point of your home. Go to http://www.Lowes.com/CreativeIdeas for more tips!

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[Emachesen]

Why are commercial/tv actors soooo fake? When they talk there seems to be an unnatural feeling to the content

[Matthew Thacker]

Don't trust an Interior Designer with outside work :)

[speedracer210]

Roger Cook from "Ask this old house" recommends setting the deck height on your lawnmower at 3 inches. You don't want to scalp your lawn.

[Simone Louise]

"unexpected creative ideas"... haha that made me laugh for some reason!

[saltlife316]

now that monkey can make her backyard feel like the zoo....

[Lori Lewis]

Do you need to cut the grass short or not?

[lostsoul59]

which is why you only see them in a Lowe's infomercial.

[WroughtIronHaven]

I would love to try it!

[streetnew23440]

wow ..good idea garden of my dream

[Kurt Borglum]

excellent video

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