Certainly, making a splendid garden does not necessarily mean spending a lot of money, or hiring a professional landscape contractor. You don’t need to hire a professional interior designer or landscape architect to turn your backyard into the envy of the neighborhood or your friends and neighbors into backyard design gurus. For anyone who wants a green life, a comfortable place to chill or grow crops for home use, here is how you can get your dream backyard.
1. Start with a Raised Garden Bed
Raised garden beds can be useful for those who start their vegetable, herbs or flower growing process. It is more manageable than the normal garden beds, provided you have poor ground, on which normal gardening is difficult. Also means that it aids greatly in weed suppression and may even have ability to repel insects.
Materials You’ll Need:
- Lumber or timber in the form of wooden boards (it is advisable to use cedar because it has a very hard surface).
- Screws or nails
- Soil
- Plants or seeds
Steps to Create a Raised Garden Bed:
- Select a sunny part within your yard that would best suit the construction of the greenhouse.
- Cut the wood planks to the size you want in length and breadth.
- Put the bed in the agreed area and then put the soil into it.
- Sow your seeds or, better still, seedlings and give them water in sufficient amounts.
Some garden beds are raised and can be built to any dimensions, thus can suit both large and compact yards. They are also most advantageous for the grower who has no prior experience in gardening.
2. Build a Simple Garden Path
Apart from enhancing the beauty of the garden, a garden path also has the advantage of leading one through a garden more easily. You can make a path with gravel, stones or you can even use wood chips for its formation.
Materials You’ll Need:
- Small gravel, stones, and chips of wood.
- Landscape fabric
- Shovel
- Edging materials (optional)
Steps to Create a Garden Path:
- Choose where you would like to lead your destiny.
- Having observed the path from the bird’s-eye view you should use stakes or the garden hose to mark the path area.
- Mow down any grass or weeds in the path manner to the desired level following the garden rules.
- Spread newspapers in the area to avoid weed growth through the path since the landscape fabric has been laid on the ground.
- After that spread your chosen material (gravel, stones or wood chips) over the fabric.
A walkway can easily give your backyard a more professional feel, not to mention a welcoming one. That is also useful in preserving the lawn because it directs the flow of foot traffic away from tender plant species.
3. Add a DIY Garden Bench
A garden bench gives a nice place to sit back and relax in a garden or backyard area. It is quite possible to erect one on your own if you have basic construction gear and some wooden planks and concrete blocks.
Materials You’ll Need:
- Wood planks
- Concrete blocks
- Paint or stain (optional)
Steps to Build a Garden Bench:
- Select the proper area in the garden where the bench has to be placed.
- Where possible place two or three concrete blocks one on top of the other at both ends of the bench.
- Arrange the wood planks in such a way that it forms the base of the chair as well as the central
It will be suitable for those who wish to incorporate benches to their gardens but do not have a lot of cash to spend. The bench can thus be made in any length of choice, which makes it suitable to be used in any form of garden.
4. Create a Vertical Garden
If you have a problem with space, then it will be quite suitable to create a vertical garden where you can place a number of plants and greens. They can be made of wooden pallets, hanging baskets or some other repurpose items like the gutters for example.
Materials You’ll Need:
- Plastic pallets, hanging baskets, or other used pot
- Soil
- Plants
Steps to Create a Vertical Garden:
- Select a wall or fence which you desire to have your green wall.
- Place your chosen material that would comprise of pallets or hangers which will hold the planters against the wall or fence.
- In the containers, add some soil and transplant the plants of your desire.
It often suits the gardening of herbs, succulence, or small flowers since it has an upright position. They are also a handy method to introduce an element of green to tiny yards or courtyard living.
5. Build a DIY Fire Pit
The good news is that a fire pit will turn your backyard into a family and friend favorite hangout zone. You don’t have to sink a bundle to do so – in fact, with just a few basic tools and materials, you can construct a fire pit in less than a few hours.
Materials You’ll Need:
- Bricks or stones
- Gravel
- Shovel
- Fireproof bowl or metal ring not mandatory
Steps to Build a Fire Pit:
- Picking the right place, it is necessary to consider that fire pit should be placed in distance from buildings and houses, as well as from trees.
- Choose a location where you will be constructing your fire pit, then make a hole of 6-8 inches deep, and wide enough for a fire pit.
- Make the floor of the hole a gravel which will ensure that the water does not accumulate at the bottom.
- Place the bricks or stones around the perimeter of the hole to form the walls of fire pit.
A homemade fire pit is relatively simple and cheap to construct, and the best part is being a beautiful addition to your backyard environment. It is ideal for toasting of marsh-mallows, coming up with stories and chanting, or just spending time with friends in a cool weather.
Conclusion
Doubling up your backyard does not need to be a complicated affair. That is why we’ve collected for you top 7 easy DIY garden projects that will help you create an amazing open space that you’ll be happy to spend time in. All the aforementioned projects are easy, and therefore appropriate for any person regardless of their experience in gardening. Well, then let’s get to down to business on making this backyard of your dreams!
