September 15th, 2009 | 
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Landscaping is a popular choice with many today. Whether it is your garden, driveway, courtyard, patio or pool it can be personalized and improved by a touch of landscaping. Here is how you can improve your pool by creating landscaping for the above ground pool area.
Contact A Specialist
First things first, this is not a job you can do yourself, so, I recommend strongly to contact an expert in the domain in order to save yourself both time and money. Pools by themselves cost a great deal of money and therefore, it is important that you invest a little more in order to create the right landscaping for the above ground pool area as well.
There are many choices for landscaping for the above ground pool area, from wooden decks to custom made concrete in the design of your choice. You can turn your pool area into an attractive place where you can spend many days during the summer with your friends and family.
Landscaping for the above ground pools need many points to be taken into consideration and one of them is the condition of your existing pool, as well; if it a new pool landscaping can be done with no further delay but if your pool is old, you may need to invest in reconsolidating it, as well, for you don’t want to have a great outside pool area with a pool that cannot be used or, in the worst case scenario, when work is being done on the landscaping of the Above Ground Pool area, the pool gives way.
Landscaping For Relaxation
Landscaping of the above ground pool area will add personality and style to your pool; trees and plants bring cleaner air but also beauty and tranquility. Planting of trees should be done professionally for they need proper space as well as drainage and humidity.
Pots are a great idea to enhance your landscape around the pool and they can be of any size and color you choose which, in turn, means you can change them s often as desired to fit the season or furniture in your pool area.
There are many ideas in improving the landscape around your pool area and the only way to find out which is best for you is to contact a specialist in domain for help and guidance. There are also online sites available for self-teaching as well as open discussions with others who have done landscaping for above the ground pools. Let your imagination lead you to find the right style for you.
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We are putting up an above ground pool this year…any landscaping ideas to try to ‘soften’ the overall look?
We have a cement patio & the pool will be just off that..then there is an arbor beyond that leading to a large pond w/dock. I HAD a picket fence on either side of the arbor, but have taken it down. So I need ideas on how to bring all areas together (especially around the pool) that will be LOW maintenance, ‘natural & soft’ looking!
Unfortunately the answer to this question is "it depends".
There are many good books out there about landscaping around pools, here’s one from Amazon.com that’s only $8 used.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580173853/002-8925618-0944814?v=glance&n=283155
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I saw a great example in Landscape Architects & Specifier’s News a couple months ago, where an architect put a nice-looking deck around his above-ground pool to make it look more like an inground. If you were to do a multi-level deck it could help the pool blend in. For example, do a 4′ wide deck all around the pool, then step it down to a wider deck, which then could step down to plantings and grade. Wouldn’t be cheap, but would definitely cut down on maintenance, especially if you built the deck from a composite like Trex or Fiberon.
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Full size Cannas grow tall enough to camo the sides of the pool.
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Try to avoid long straight lines in you landscape. Slope or terrace the yard leading to the pond. Add flower or shrub beds that lead from the pool down to the pond to tie the two sides of the landscape together naturally. Make a path from the edge of the pool to the pond that is lined with cobble stones. You can have a fence around either, but don’t let it end abruptly. Taper the ends and elongate the lines with shrub or flower beds. Add rocks to the landscape.
Try some or all of these suggestions. Sketch it out to see how it looks from a bird’s eye view. Play around and have fun. You really could do just about anything
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