Hardscaping is when hard materials, such as concrete, wood, and stone are used to create aspects of landscaping. This could be walkways or driveways, walls, pool decks, stairs, firepits, or water features. Hardscaping is typically done before softscaping or landscaping can take place as it often utilizes the entire yard.
How is hardscaping different from softscaping or landscaping? Landscaping is the design of both hardscaping and softscaping. Softscaping uses living things in its design. Your landscaper uses grass, flowers, plants, and trees to create a living, soft area in your front or back yard. While, as mentioned above, hardscaping uses hard, non-living materials. They can work together though, such as creating a hardscaping centerpiece for the softscaping to surround and complement it. Hardscaping is designed with the idea of landscaping in mind, so water flow, drainage, and the ability for the plants to breathe are taken into consideration. Softscaping and hardscaping are designed to complement each other and create a full eye-catching feature
When designing your yard, or contemplating how you wish to create or redo your lawn, always consider the hardscaping first, and give us a call at Stillwater Pools, Inc. Our professionals are extremely knowledgeable about concepts, layout, materials to use, cost, and executing your plan. We are happy to meet with you to discuss the best way to bring your vision to life to create hardscaping features that will wow you and your guests and set up a picture-perfect template for the landscaping you wish to see at your home.