Ideas For Landscaping Around Pools

| Wednesday, May 21, 2014
By Darren Hartley


There is more to landscaping around pools than meets the eye. Concerns about privacy, safety, beauty and convenience need to be addressed. Other than providing beauty and privacy around the pool, plants also bring softness to the otherwise harsh lines of pool equipment and allow the smooth blending of the pool with its surrounding atmosphere.

Growing plants that are tall enough will form privacy screens around the pool area. This technique for landscaping around pools requires the wise choice of plants. Low maintenance plants should be the target. Putting large deciduous trees around a pool will find you fishing out all their leaves out of the pool.

Broadleaf evergreens including hollies are always good options as far as landscaping around pools are concerned. Beware of messy fruit trees and beautiful flowers. They are magnetic to bees, which you don't want hanging around your pool. Plants with invasive root systems must also be avoided as they are known to damage swimming pools as time passes on.

Couples with little children need fencing and outdoor lighting around swimming pools. This is in answer to the safety concern in landscaping around pools. In addition, the right fence design also adds privacy to the surroundings. By training vines to grow over the fence, an enhancement to the privacy of the pool is achieved.

Picture yourself climbing out of the swimming pool. Wouldn't it be better if you had a slip-resistant surface to land your feet into? This safe convenience is what a scarred concrete patio provides. Other than safety, patios or pool decks also provide a solution to the beauty aspect of landscaping around pools. If you prefer a brick patio over a concrete one, you just have to make sure the surface is rough enough for the bricks.

Another option in landscaping around pools is the set up of a closed gazebo. The convenience it offers around pools is unparalleled. Imagine a place to change in and out of swimsuits and clothes as well as a shade under which to relax in. To complete the convenience, you can throw in outdoor furniture and furnaces to the set. As a final touch, you can provide barbecue equipment as well.




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