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Venice Florida landsape design begins with hiring a reputable landscape designer.  As a local landscape designer here in Venice Florida I see so many landscapes that look nice when installed but are so hard to maintain, a lot of the landscape designers do not provide landscape maintenance services, there for they have no idea on the care that is needed to maintain the landscape in a professional manner which will not only enhance the appearance of the new landscape but keep it healthy.  The biggest mistake I see with landscape designers is they install plant material too close to houses and other structures, so when plant material matures it is against house or other structure making trimming areal nightmare.  We all see big mature tree’s under power lines, the county has to come along and hack the tree in half leaving it unsightly and usually affecting the health of the tree, do not plant large tree’s under power lines, not too close to homes. 

Of course landscape companies are profit motivated, this seems to blur thier vision of designing and installing an affective landscape, it looks really good when its installed but within months we see it is way over planted, shrubs growing into other shrubs, trees shading plants that need full sunshine, ground cover over taking plants that start declining because of crowding.  One other problem I see a lot is too many colors in th landscape design, we all love color, however too many colors make the landscape look busy and takes the eye in all different directions, Venice Florida landscape design starts with picking no more tan three primary colors, installing colors within focal points such as entrance ways, corners to give balance, its a lot like interior design, too much stuff with too many colors looks like it was just thrown together.  A well designed landscape will have three colors installed at focal points, a dark green back ground, and tree’s installed to give the most affect of shading where needed, installing shade trees in South West Florida is very smart idea, South West Corner of house installed far enough from house that it wont affect the house in a negative way, such as dropping leaves on roof, filling gutters with leaves, damaging tiles on roof and the such.  Installing shade tree’s  in the proper location on property will help with electric bills just as much as good insulation will, plant deciduous trees that drop leaves in Winter so that the sun shoine will help heat the house and in spring and summer as the tree puts back on leaves it will help cool the house.  Many studies show huge savings in the electric bill, also tree’s are the biggest asset to any landscape, most people do not know the value of well maintained tree’s on a property, they add thousand of dollars in property value, making your property easier to sell and for more money.

Venice Florida Landscape design can be very benificial to all of us, along with providing habitat for all the animals that need well planned landscapes to thrive and provide the natural beauty of our envirnment.