Many elements must come together to make your property look beautiful and complete. Besides keeping your house in shape and adding lush greenery, a good hardscape plan (adding inanimate elements like concrete, stone, and brick) is also important. It adds not only more outdoor living space, but it is also a great aesthetic to have around your home.

Cincinnati’s Lakeview Garden Center & Landscaping shares the top 5 benefits of adding hardscapes to your property:

• Grilling Space: No matter the size of your grill, hardscaping an area around it will help in outdoor meal preparation and serving family and friends. You will develop the space necessary to make your outdoor kitchen efficient and comfortable.
• Traffic Pattern: Hardscapes direct traffic around your property. Concrete walkways will create paths to certain areas of your home, from the front door to the outdoor living space and more. It also can define certain parts of your property, including vegetable gardens and seating areas.
• Privacy: Adding a stone wall can create a beautiful border around your entire property or just certain sections, such as a garden border. It also adds a bit of privacy from neighbors or street traffic.
• Correct An Issue: Hardscapes can also correct grading issues, leveling out hazardous or crooked areas in concrete walkways or driveways.
• Add Personality: Your hardscapes can be more than functional. You can use hardscaping to add texture and color to your garden with the use of stones and water features. You can also add art elements with mosaic patterns as well as other creative features that add visual interest to your landscape.

The Cincinnati area trusts Lakeview Garden Center & Landscaping with all of their landscaping needs. For more than 30 years, their full-service center has provided everything from a garden store filled with seasonal plants and lawn care products to a design team ready to help create your next landscaping and garden project. Visit their website for more information on their services and products or give them a call at (513) 829-6624.