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After the Design Stage
Home » Lawn & Garden » Landscaping - Designing a Landscape » After the Design StageAs you design your landscape, you should be jotting notes on paper and working with a sketch of your land. Eventually, you should come up with a very specific plan of what your landscape will look like.
Once you have your plan, you'll need to prepare the land you are using for the landscape. Remove unwanted plants, and use a tiller, weed-eater, and lawnmower as necessary. If you need to dig any holes, call your local utility companies to make sure there are no underground pipes, and then dig away.
After you've prepared the land, you're ready to go buy items for your landscape. Head to a nursery for plants--everything from grass seed to native flowers and your favorite trees. The nursery may also have the manmade objects (fountains, sundials, flagstones, etc.) that you want, but you can also check at general retailers and home improvement stores.
Once you make a few purchases, come home and get to work making your landscape vision a reality. Don't worry if you don't have everything yet, or if your landscape doesn't seem perfect. After all, your landscape will never really be done; you'll always be tinkering with it.
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