The Boise Landscaping Ideas Blog

One of the biggest perks of being a homeowner is the ability to craft a unique lifestyle and experience by  designing a backyard  that reflects your idea of the perfect evening. An increasingly popular element for landscape design in the  outdoor kitchen . Nothing compares to the luxury experience of cooking under the open sky while the happy voices of friends and family float on the late summer breeze. Here are three components to add to your outdoor kitchen for the ultimate backyard experience.  1) A Clay Pizza Oven Perhaps your dream night in involves a delicate balance of Italian cuisine and delightful conversation, the smiling faces of your loved ones  illuminated by gentle lights on a starlit night. A clay pizza oven is the perfect way to wow your guests with your culinary expertise, and the perfect addition for entertaining your own guests and even your children's. A clay oven will add an air of authenticity to your pizzas while offering a classic and hi...

Your dream backyard. What does it look like? Maybe you picture a roaring fire pit  surrounded by laughing friends on a warm summer night. Maybe you can already hear the sweet music of a babbling  waterfall  as you read your favorite book. Or maybe you see yourself coming home to the classic American dream, a thriving  green lawn  and a white picket  fence . Odds are, no matter what you're envisioning, a beautiful, well-maintained patio lingers in the background, the perfect backdrop for your vision of an ideal evening spent in your backyard.  As you plan and prepare to landscape your yard, working with a professional landscaper can make a world of difference. Here are three reasons why it's a good idea to hire a professional:  1) You don't know what you don't know.  It's a cold, hard fact: most people aren't experts when it comes to landscape design. And that's okay! At Bella Vista Landscape, we specialize in helping people like you here in t...

With all of the amazing landscaping tutorials becoming more and more available online, more and more homeowners in the Boise, Idaho are gaining the confidence to tackle their own do-it-yourself landscaping projects. While its possible to do just about any yard project on your own with the right amount of tools, patience and free time, some are more doable than others. At Bella Vista, we want to make life easy for all of our customers - from our DIY-ers to those who would rather have the majority of their yard created and maintained by professionals . That is why Bella Vista Landscaping has partnered with Western Fencing and Landscape Supply to provide our creative customers the best possible landscaping materials for all of their do-it-yourself yard projects. Western Fencing and Landscape Supply offers a wide variety of do-it-yourself kits, from landscaping to fencing. Some of their kits include:  DIY Fence Kits : Whether you are wanting to install a wrought iron, cedar, vinyl or c...

Adding a covered patio to your home is a great idea for multiple reasons. Not only does a covered outdoor patio create a more comfortable outdoor living space for you and your family to enjoy, but it also:  Adds value to your home Protects from weather exposure Helps outdoor furniture last longer Creates lower indoor temperatures After considering these reasons you decide that you want to move forward with covered patio construction, the next step is to decide which type of covered patio is right for you and your home. The following tips will help you to narrow down your options:  1. Material: A wooden patio cover (often times referred to as a pergola or arbor), is one option. Both traditional and effective, a wood pergola shields from the sun will still allowing bit of sky to show through. This style does take more maintenance. If you are going for a lower maintenance option that is just as durable, an aluminum or acrylic patio cover may be your best bet.  2. Attached or...

As a resident of Boise, Meridian and surrounding areas, chances are you have had an encounter or two with deer in your yard. Deer are attracted to a variety of trees like cedar, yew and maple. They also love to chew on pine trees, evergreens and even your rose bushes. Within weeks or even one night you could find your beautifully landscaped yard torn to shreds by those pesky deer.  There are many tricks to getting deer to stop eating plants. While some local landscapers may recommend tricks like using mothballs, scented soaps and even fish heads to deter critters, if the rain doesn't wash it away the deer will soon acclimate to these heavily scented deterrents. Our landscape designers at Bella Vista Landscape know deer all too well, but we also know how to help keep them away from your yard. Below are some of our top tips to protect your landscaping.  1. Install Temporary Physical Barriers  Try nylon netting for lower shrubs or burlap material for larger ones. The textur...

While the backyard is the main area for gathering, playing and relaxing for most homes, the front yard is the space that truly "sets the stage" for guests and passerby to get a feel for what your home is. Is it well kept? Does it have a rustic aesthetic or a more modern one? Is this a home that entertains a lot or has a big family? Whatever you want your home to be, your front yard is the first way to show others what it means to you. Every homeowner knows that a front yard takes work to keep up - but with the proper landscape design planning and landscaping services you can decrease the amount of maintenance you'll have to do to keep your yard looking its best.  Add Hardscaping It is a well known fact that lawns are some of the most time intensive elements to any front yard. That is why front yard hardscape designs are becoming a more popular way to create a clean, fresh look that is also low maintenance. At Bella Vista Landscape we make hardscape design and installat...

Installing outdoor lighting is one of the quickest and easiest ways to make your backyard truly “livable”. Not only does the convenience of outdoor floor lamps and wall light fixtures make the space more functional for nighttime activities, but the ambiance they bring - along with other types of lighting, can invite you to want to be in the space more often. Here are a list of outdoor home accent lighting fixtures that can up the ambiance and livability of your outdoor oasis:  Solar Garden Lanterns - Outside LED garden lights are both energy efficient and beautiful. Coming in all different colors, shapes and styles, these types of outdoor lights create inviting lighting paths throughout your yard that increase visibility for nighttime walks and gardening sessions as well as extend the nighttime sight lines for you and your family to enjoy.  Gazebo Lights - Of all of the outdoor lighting fixtures, several strings of outdoor canopy gazebo lights can add the most ambiance while...