Best 6 tips for natural stone landscaping in 2018

Garden landscaping with natural stone. The garden is one of the essential areas of your home. A space imagined for relaxation, but also creative, in the garden you will recharge with energy, but it is also a place that transmits your imagination and personality. Garden is your little piece of nature, at the heart of privacy offered by your home. Thus, it is essential to landscape your garden to meet your standards.

Usually, we feel that our living space should speak for us. But at the same time, we could landscape our garden different from our style: for example, perhaps we are active, yet we want a garden that invites us to calm and relaxation, rather than a dynamic place. Whatever you choose, it's important that it reflects your wishes and the touch of your personality.

Are you considering garden landscaping for 2018? Here are some inspirational trends and practical solutions for landscaping, from thre best worldwide designers.

1. Combining more shades of natural stone

According to designers, one of 2018 trends is to combine different types of stone. This is aimed at highlighting different colors and shades of natural stone elements, as well as highlighting the colors in your garden, such as flowers, trees or grass.

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Paving will bring you different types of stones to your garden. There are many types of affordable paving from which you can choose what suits you best for your perfect garden.

2. Create asymmetry from polygonal natural stone

The paving with polygonal natural stone was in trends last year, but according to the Society of the Garden designers, 2018 comes with something new: asymmetry. There lies the design modernity. As a result, the gardens will look less structured and the straight geometric lines and hard surfaces will be subdued with plants and lots of green.

Basically, by asymmetry, you give the impression of something familiar, as if your garden had been like that for some years.

3. Use limestone in a creative way                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Limestone was one of the last year's most popular materials for decorating backyards, so it should be no surprise that it still popular. This year, designers predict the introduction of softer tones for exterior decorations projects, different from the sharper and colourful, in trend during the last years.

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Limestone reflects the natural, is available in a wide range of warm and pleasant colors and is popular also for interior design. Thus, the interior is extended outside your home.

4. Incorporate meditation into your space

One of 2018 trends, in personal life, is the "mindfulness", the meditative technique that invites us to relax and contemplate life. And what area of your house would be more suitable for meditation than a garden, a true corner of nature? Designers recommend the incorporation of sense stimulating elements, such as calming touches of blue elements, or small energy deposits, displayed as yellow objects.

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Flowers can be those elements and they integrate perfectly into your natural scenario. Their fragrances will come to complement the feast of your senses.

5. Create your own “al fresco dining” (or space to eat outside)

“Al fresco dining” is a concept developed to enjoy the benefits of eating outside, at the expense of closed spaces. It involves the space in the middle of the garden – a specific landscaped terrace – where we can take advantage of the pleasant outside air while enjoying a tasty meal with family.

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According to exterior designers, “al fresco dining” is a popular trend in 2018, in line with eco-friendly movement focused on natural lifestyle, closer to nature. Think about creating such a space in your backyard and add a suitable garden furniture.

6. Add hand-made items

This year trends are about handmade products. Considering their abundance of originality, it is a fine idea to include them in your landscaping project. Choose artisanal items if you want an ambience connected with nature and people.

If you decide to decorate by yourself, then you might want to consider some easier things to do at first, such as pots and their masks, but also other items made from clay. If you work with an expert, you can already raise your expectations and create larger artisanal items, such as benches, garden water fountains or free standing water fountains.

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Whether you decide to follow the latest trends for your garden landscaping, or you go with your intuition, make sure you create a space that invites to relaxation. We are aware that your place should speak for yourself, so express your personality easier by design!