Landscape Design and Installation in Ogden Dunes, IN
A dune lot gets a plan built around slope, shade and loose sand before a single plant goes into the ground.
Design on a slope starts with water. We watch where a rain would run on your lot and put the bed edge where it can hold, not where it merely looks tidy from the street. Soil is worked into every planting hole, because sand alone will not feed a young shrub, and plants are picked for dry shade or full wind depending on which side of the house they land. A stepping stone path can follow the contour so people stop cutting across the bank. Native dune grasses such as little bluestem suit exposed banks. The finished bed gets edging and a mulch or stone cover, which keeps the sand where you put it.
- Bed edges set where runoff goes, so the slope holds
- Plants chosen for sand, dry shade or lake wind by location
- Stepping stone paths laid along the contour of the bank
- Layout and plant list shown to you before digging starts
What the visit includes
- On site design walk with bed layout and plant list
- New bed excavation and shaping
- Shrub, perennial and ornamental tree planting
- Stepping stone and flagstone paths through beds
- Edging and mulch or rock to finish the install
- Soil prep in the planting holes
Landscape Design in Ogden Dunes
Do you charge for the design?
The estimate visit and the on site layout are free. We price the install.
Can you work around plants I want to keep?
Yes. Healthy shrubs and trees get worked into the new layout, or transplanted if they are in the wrong spot.
What time of year is best to plant?
Spring and fall are easiest on new plants in Northwest Indiana. Summer installs work fine as long as you keep water on them.
Landscape Design and Installation in Ogden Dunes, IN
Ready to plan the front yard? Call or text 219-299-4132 for a free estimate.