Guest Post: Seasonal Landscaping

Guest Post: Seasonal Landscaping - Green Building Elements: Guest Post: Seasonal LandscapingGreen Building Eleme...

Just because everything you see is white and gray doesn’t mean you have to apply the same to your garden. Winter is an almost leaf-less season but if you have ornamental trees with very distinct barks such as birch trees and dogwoods your landscape can still look lively. You can also have berries in your yard. A lot of trees have berries that hold onto its branches even during winter. Holly and Crabapple trees look lovely with berries on it. Evergreens are the best winter landscape shrub you can have. This is because evergreens come in different colors like gold, blue, and many more! Since winter is not really a plant season, it’s a great season to decorate your garden structures such as benches, trellis, garden sculpture, or arbour.

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