BY DES I GN MAGAZI NE - TR E NDS 2022 COSTATA LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Current Residential Landscape Trends Words by Lisette and Colin Marchant Costata Landscape Design
The construction industry seems to have exploded over the past 18 months with so much building work under construction, or under approval or under design. As a landscape and building design team, we are feeling the load along with our colleagues and the trades in the industry. And along with the increase in projects, comes a change in the type of work we are taking on. What we have noticed in landscaping over the past 2 years particularly, is that residential clients are investing more into their own properties, they are looking to create the resort they can’t travel to, in their own backyard. Of course, it adds value to their property in the long run as well.
a firepit. These all provide destinations and sites within the garden for family to entertain with friends and relax together. The strictures of COVID seems to have affected our clients with a need to celebrate close friends and family more than ever.
To highlight 3 currently popular elements within landscaping, most of our projects now include a swimming pool or spa, a pool cabana with outdoor cooking area and
The garden design and plant material are also of high priority to provide a softening of the structural elements with places to wander and gardens to tend.
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