The Outback Blog

Upgrades are always good news, right?

Before you hang out that “Do Not Disturb: It’s Summer” sign, take a minute to think about your landscaping.

Around the end of July, the hottest time of year here in Southeast Idaho, the daily average temperature is 87 degrees.

Not hot enough for your tomato plants to spontaneously combust, but plenty hot enough to stress your thirsty lawn, encourage ugly fungus, and lure apparently every creepy bug in the state into your house.

The best landscaping makes your apartment complex the place where everybody wants to live.

Beautiful, welcoming, modern.

Now add safe and secure. Professional landscaping easily increases your property’s safety and security — if it’s done right.

How?

Take a look at these apartment landscaping ideas for security and safety.

Are you happy when you look outside? Or could your outdoor life use a boost?

Maybe you dream of a great new patio where you can host everything from dinner parties to book club or do Saturday morning yoga while the birds chirp.

Or an outdoor kitchen, complete with a pizza oven, so you can wow your friends with that new asparagus, potato and goat cheese pizza recipe.

Or maybe you're just tired of your scraggly junipers and lackluster lawn. It’s embarrassing, right? Time for a full-scale front yard makeover.

But how much does landscape design and installation cost?

Maybe you’re pining for a giant maple tree with a tire swing, but you have a small city yard.