If you’re struggling to see the vast potential of your Verona and Madison, WI, backyard, it may be time to turn to the professionals for advice. These landscape services can transform your outdoor space into a place of your dreams.
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Fresh Walkway
A new slate walkway can navigate the way from your backdoor to a new sunken patio space. Because slate can be purposefully irregular or cut into geometric shapes for a custom appearance, a new walkway can add a pretty gray surface with attractive light-colored edging.
When your landscaper places the edging so that it is elevated above the walkway slate surface, this adds additional interest and creates a barrier where grass cannot encroach.
Transition Steps
To add a transition to the walkway and the sunken patio, consider steps made of hefty stone that merges into a retaining wall surrounding the patio. Not only are they deep and offer a stable surface for going up and down, but the steps match the slate for a uniform appearance.
Retaining Wall
A retaining wall frequently serves the purpose of holding back earth in a slope so that you can have more usable outdoor space. When the patio is recessed into a lower space than the walkway, a retaining wall can offer exceptional support.
Retaining walls can be connected with mortar and be made of natural stone or concrete, and follow an intricate pattern or a uniform, stacked appearance. Whatever the design, the stone wall will be built to last many years. When your landscapers choose a light stacked stone for the retaining wall, this can blend the wall with the edging chosen for the nearby walkway.
A retaining wall can also create more outdoor space by making room for more shrubs and seasonal flowers.
New Patio
One of the amazing benefits of a patio situated at a different elevation than your home is that this space feels like a destination. While many patios are right there at the backdoor, yours could be a place your guests must walk to—it will be worth the short walk.
Your landscapers can make your patio as large as you wish for entertaining large groups or simply for you to enjoy. Composed of the same slate or a similar looking paver as the walkway, this new patio space can have a different laying pattern or use a patio paver in the same gray tone.
Pergola for Shade
Designating a portion of the patio for a shade structure will bring welcome relief from the hot summer sun. A pergola can be a structure that follows the contours of the patio.
Your pergola can be built of several materials—wood, metal, painted wood, or a combination of materials. The slats at the top can be situated far apart from one another for plenty of light and sun or placed closer together to minimize the sun that peeks through.
If you are a plant lover, the pergola posts can be the ideal spot to add climbing vines and blooming roses for a dazzling three season display. When you also add comfortable furniture beneath the pergola space, your new backyard space will become a place you will never want to leave!
