🌿Gardening is a relaxing, fulfilling way to spend your time out in the rain or sunshine and give your home a little curb appeal. However, it is not for everyone. For those not interested in getting their thumbs green, the potential garden space can feel a little underused. It’s time to put an end to that, by making the social and cozy landscape of your home.🏡
Keep it comfortable
The right selection of garden furniture is crucial to make it a welcoming spot for your guests. When choosing the right seats, tables, stools, lounge chairs and more, make sure you have spacing and seating plan laid out. You don’t want people to be crushed in together too tightly, nor do you want them so spaced out that conversation becomes a shouting match. When choosing furniture, make sure that you’re looking for durable materials that can stand the wear-and-tear of outdoor environments, as well. That is paramount for the furniture’s maintenance and durability under various weather conditions.
Keep it warm and cozy
Gardens are best for socializing when the sun is in the sky but that doesn’t mean you have to abandon it as soon as the sun sets or there are some clouds in the sky. The right lighting and heating options can keep it comfortable so long as it isn’t gushing with rain. A firepit can serve as the cozy center of your social space while providing plenty of heat to the gathered guests. Think about installing lantern lighting on the wall surrounding the patio or decking, as well, to make sure that visibility is never an issue.🔥
Keep it clean
Nothing is maintenance free. You can invest in hardy patio stones and reliable garden furniture, but everything needs a little care to ensure that it not only stands up against the weather but that it looks clean and aesthetically pretty. A little weed or moss here and there might not be the end of the world for a patio, but it makes it look a little dingy and even dirty. Take the time to maintain your patio, decking, and furniture for a refreshed, neat and well taken care of property appearance.
Keep it green
Though the backyard’s party space is most often designed as a man-made patio or deck style, that doesn’t mean that you can’t give it the green appeal that makes the gardening so attractive in the first place. The designated outside guest space doesn’t have to have an obvious separation from your plant-life. Look at vertical gardening, pots, containers, planter boxes and other ways of decorating your space with plants that still give it that natural appeal without difficult maintenance. Such transition helps integrate the two outside spaces much more smoothly.
Creating a social hub in your garden, patio, backyard or lanai will help you make use of space that might otherwise be unutilized. It is also a nice suggestion for those that like to host gatherings and parties but don’t have the most spacious interior.
Have a wonderful week, my dear friends.
Luda@PlantsandBeyond🌿
Photographs listed here do not belong to Luda @PlantsandBeyond.com except for my very own vertical garden creation 🙂
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I like how you created a simple vertical garden that can really accentuate any wall in the driveway or wherever there is a wall that is exposed to sunlight and suitable for excess water to drain off. Lovely start to Monday and thanks for the share 🙂
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Thank you my dear GH! Your kind encouragement always keeps me going. Have an amazing Monday, as well!
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My pleasure 😀
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You are a master of the garden and of the soul ❤️🌼
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LOL, Wow. That is one kind input from Ortensia that is greatly appreciated, my dearest. Love you right back with lots of tight hugs.
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I take them all and send few back but remember Ortensia always speaks the truth,except when she lies but that is only for family members😂😘
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Ahaha ! So funny, Ortensia ☀️;)))))
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Some lovely relaxing spaces 🙂
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Thank you very much for reading, dear Andrea. So glad to see you here, as always. Hope your Monday goes wonderful.
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Wow, wonderful! Great post!❤
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Xoxoxox, dear Iscriblr. Best of Mondays to you.
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Thank you so much. Wish you the same! ❤
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I need to create a vertical garden. 🤔Awesome post as always. Luda! And a wonderful week to you as well. 💙
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You would love it, Diana!!!! Its so pretty and makes you feel as you are outside 🙂 You too, have a wonderul week!!!
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Thank you. 💙
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Beautiful! I believe my garden needs a lot of work to become a proper one. Thanks for sharing.
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💕☀️💕
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If you design gardens, once i get rich I need you to design my garden. Your pictures are beautiful.💕
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We’ve got all kinds of projects like this on the go. Now let’s see how far we get with them. 🙂
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That’s great to keep yourselves busy – let me know how it goes !🏡
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Love your walled plant boxes with Serenity, Mindfulness and Love, All Key aspects for a tranquil garden space.. Beautiful images and as always Luda wonderful ideas.. ❤
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Thank you so much dearest, Sue. You are back! Yay !!! So nice to see you ☀️🌿☀️
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Yes, Back,, while today I am resting from gardening.. Trying to finish off with a handful of comments that need replying to and their blogs to visit.. 🙂 Thank you for the welcome back.. ❤
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😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
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❤ 🙂
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So lovely! What is wonderful is that this is a plan for life. Adjusting, changing, beautifying… improving the soul.
You are so lovely Luda! 😍😘
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And so are you, Mel- grateful to have met you here !☀️💫✨
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