Sep 02 2007
Landscaping Bushes to Attract Birds
Many of the bushes used during landscaping are intended to attract birds and wildlife to a garden. Bushes that bear fruit or berries are extremely popular with birds and small animals. Adding a bird table can be another incentive for birds to frequent the garden but as bushes are low on the ground, it is important to bear in mind the fact that they could be stalked by predators. Flowering bushes can attract other creatures such as butterflies and bees and with all that life flying around the garden, simply looking on can be a worthwhile experience.
City life leaves little room for nature but this can be adverted when landscaping by including bushes, shrubs, trees and flowers to the mix. The foliage from trees and bushes can entice birds to stick around as they can be camouflaged and protected from the cold and wind. You may even be lucky enough to have baby visitors if the birds make their nests in the garden. Many people create landscaping plans full of bushes and trees that are designed to attract birds in particular. The sounds of the birds singing can be pleasant as can teaching any young visitors about the various occupants and allowing them to help feed the flying visitors to the garden. Landscaping bushes to attract birds is not a new idea but is increasingly popular in urban areas where there might not be many opportunities to experience nature so closely.
Landscaping Bushes for All Seasons
One of the greatest things about landscaping bushes is the ability to provide a year long display. Evergreen trees and bushes can prevent the garden from looking plain and bare while still providing protection for the local birds. Landscaping a variety of bushes with a specific plan in mind can guarantee that there is always some color in the garden. Ensuring that a wide selection of bushes is included in the landscaping plans makes certain the event of a flowering or thriving bush in every season.
There is no need to neglect one’s garden during the winter or in particularly bad weather. A four season landscaping plan is ideal for those who wish to have a living garden all year long. By including evergreen bushes, there is certainly no need to stare at a dull, bare garden all winter long. Rhododendrons and Azalia bushes are perfect flowering evergreen bushes for any garden.
Sipping coffee on your back deck on a beautiful fall morning, you look up and gasp — there in your suburban oasis stands a small herd of deer. For a moment you pause, enchanted. An instant later, as the deer begin to munch on your landscape, you realize they’re just not as awestruck by the [...]
Soon it will be time to leave outdoor living spaces and ride out winter’s cold indoors. But before you batten down the barbecue and stow the patio cushions, don’t forget to take care of wooden structures – like decks, pergolas and play sets – that must remain out in the elements.
Routine maintenance of these structures [...]
Leaves turn brilliant colors, evenings cool and the kids go back to school. So long summer, hello fall garden cleanup.
You may already know that composting is a better way to deal with bags of leaves and backyard waste. But if you’ve avoided composting because it seems like too much work and mess — or you [...]
As the leaves turn different colors and the weather becomes cooler, many Americans begin to engage in outdoor cleanup. Consider the number of Americans injured in yard work accidents every autumn and you may begin to suspect that “fall” is actually short for “pitfall.” Fall, it seems, is becoming the season for back injuries, tumbles [...]
Probably one of the most widely used landscaping surfaces around, bark mulch can be used for pretty much anything. I have seen it used for children’s playgrounds, and if you are trying to incorporate a swing set or mini playground into your landscaped space, then bark mulch may be the product for you, and [...]