Landscaping Services

If I’m selling my house, is doing a landscaping project worth it? 

Yes, absolutely! Did you know that when you have landscaping installed, it can increase your property value anywhere from 5% to 15%? Depending on how much you spend on it and what types of accents you have put in, it can significantly increase your property value. 

Most people are much more attracted to visually appealing homes, with positive aesthetics to draw them in. Studies have shown that people selling their homes get callbacks more often from potential buyers when they’ve had landscaping work done. 

Needless to say, it is always worth it to invest in housework, and yard work, if you plan on eventually selling down the line. It will make it much easier for you to sell and make the new homeowners very happy when they move in. It’s a win-win! 

I would love to have this service done, but will I be able to have involvement? 

Every landscaping company will absolutely encourage you to be part of the process. Some companies even go above and beyond to make the homeowners the prime decision-makers in the process. Therefore, it is of the most importance that you are involved, as this is your home and what will make you happy living there. 

The landscaping process starts with surveying your land to see how much space there is to work with, while considering the optimal placement of new additions. Then a concept design fitting the criteria is sent to you for your final approval before even touching your property! No problems, no unexpected additions, just you and your team working together to create your dream home! 

Are there any other benefits besides looks? 

There are so many different facets of landscaping, each of which positively affects your property in different ways. You’ll notice your trees, plants, grass, and everything else looking much better because they’re genuinely feeling much better! 

If you have trees or large shrubs on your lawn, they can provide shade as well as cooler temperatures around your property. In addition, they can reduce glare on windows and can lower temperatures (depending on location) by up to 40 degrees! Even good, lush grass has been found to lower temperatures, making your outdoor time more bearable and fun for everyone! 

Your air and natural water quality around your home will actually be better, as there will be a good cycle going and clean property with fewer pollutants on it. A single tree can remove up to 26 pounds of carbon dioxide alone! In addition, grass and trees can absorb dust and smoke particles while producing clean oxygen for you and your family to breathe in

If your home gets hit with rough storms, lush landscapes can do you a favor! They can reduce stormwater runoffs, and therefore reduce the flow of sediments and pollutants. Plants also help filter the water with pollution particles on their way to the city’s drinking water sources. 

In general, good landscaping and outdoor living areas can really improve your own quality of life, psychologically speaking too! Looking at or watching plants in itself has been shown to reduce blood pressure. Walking through nature, even little patches in a city setting, can improve your attention and even your memory! Lowering stress levels, giving you clean air, filtering clean water, providing shade-all of these are part of those benefits you may have been wondering about! It sounds like a pretty good deal to anyone who wants to invest in this sort of venture! 

What are the different elements of landscaping? 

There are five key elements of landscaping: line, form, texture, color, and scale. This just includes what colors you’d like, what various forms of plants, sizing, placement, and how smooth the layout is. All of these combined are what contribute to your ‘perfect’ yard.

The line basically means how smooth the overall flow is of your yard. When you scan your eyes across, does it catch on anything seemingly out of place, or does it look uneven? Basically, are the lines of your yard neat? Similarly, form is how each aspect of your landscaping is placed. Does it fit in, in real life as it seemed to on paper? Were the same heights used all the way across the property? 

Scale in this aspect is strictly about the sizes of plants, rocks, ponds, etc., that you want to be installed. How big do you want the biggest plants to be, or the smallest flowers? Which rock types fit into where they need to be? Are the same-type plants all the same size? It fits into the previous two parts fairly well, but should not be confused with them! Some plant sizes just don’t look quite right in particular yards

The texture here talks about what types of plant life you are using in your yard, from green grass to dark green small leaf bushes, to red-purple long leaf plants, to different flower types of varying shapes. You’ll find many beautiful combinations to make that are very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. 

Finally, color is the most obvious-what colors do you want for the landscaping? You have different shades of brown/red mulch to choose from, various bushes of differing shades of green. Also, those plants can be green, purple, red, and almost white. And then, of course, what color flowers make you happy? Yellow daffodils, red roses, pink vincas, white lilies, orange hibiscus, blue morning glories… There are all sorts of fun ways to add a rainbow to the outside of your home! 

This sounds great! How do I get started? 

Research, research, research. Before doing any sort of big home project or renovation, you should ALWAYS be doing plenty of research to make sure it’s a good option for you or your family. It can be a pretty big monetary investment, depending on the project’s depth, as well as a big-time commitment. Of course, it is also highly recommended to enlist the help of your local professionals, as they have all the skills, tools, and know-how to get the job done efficiently and get it done right. Finally, we encourage you to look into having landscaping done to your home, as its payoffs are a huge reward-so long as you do it the right way and know what you’re getting yourself into! 

The professionals at Copperhead Landscaping proudly serve the residents of Plato, McKinney, and Allen, TX! If you need some landscaping work done, call us for a free estimate today!