Hardscaping at Lake of the Ozarks

When you contact a professional landscape company to create a landscape design for you, your landscaper may use descriptive terminology you haven’t heard before. Hardscaping and softscaping might be landscaping terms with which you are unfamiliar.  Your hardscaping (or hard landscaping as some call it) refers to those elements in your landscape which are inorganic or inanimate. Anything made up of stone, brick, metal, concrete, wood, etc., would be considered part of your hardscape. The part of your landscape that includes all plant life, like flowers and shrubs, is sometimes called your softscape. 

Implementing landscaping and hardscaping can transform your home or commercial property’s outdoor space into an attractive experience. Your outdoor space will undoubtedly become more beautiful through quality hardscaping. However, your space can also become more pleasant and conducive for outdoor entertaining and enjoyment. It can allow you to make the best use of your space for recreation and pleasure.

Your hardscape includes structures like retaining walls, patios (made with stone, block, concrete, brick, etc.), natural stone or block steps, paths or walkways made of natural stone, pavers, or gravel. Other common structures could be wooden gazebos, decks, arbors, etc. All these are excellent for maximizing livability, improving privacy, offering shelter, leveling your terrain, establishing or reinforcing boundaries, and even minimizing lawn maintenance.