Guide to Landscaping Services: Pros, Types & Considerations

Landscaping services exist in Singapore just like many other countries. Singaporeans who live in landed properties usually do landscaping works in Singapore. People who build condominiums or properties in Singapore usually engage with landscaping companies to beautify and increase the value of their properties. Here is a list of different types of landscaping services that are available in Singapore.

What Is Landscaping?

Landscaping is simply known as making changes to the land around your property to make it more attractive. It involves architectural work, altering plants, and the design of the area. Modifying features of the land to enhance the appearance such as the flora and fauna, growing of plants with the motive of making a beautiful environment within the land. Having expertise in horticulture and having a creative and artistic mind is really important when it comes to landscaping. 

Landscaping construction requires one to make studies and observations of the area. Every part of the world is different which makes landscaping unique as the same idea will not be used constantly as there are different factors that come into play depending on the environment. Hence usually it is recommended to get local experts to do landscaping especially when it is the first time as they will understand the site better than anyone and being able to understand the area is one of the most important qualities to have when it comes to landscaping. Some land might not be fit to be landscaped and will have to go through reshaping before it can be landscaped to the best potential. 

In the current generation as technology has advanced, technology has become more involved when it comes to landscaping as compared to before. Using technology has helped the landscaping industry in being able to provide quality services and has overall helped it making things quicker and easier by using the technology available to enhance their skills.

Landscaping involves many people to think and work together as a team in order to come up with an idea that will work and reach the goal. Here is a list of people that a professional landscaping contractor team will have to collaborate with to provide the best service possible:

• Clients
• Landscape designers
• Landscape architects
• Garden designers
• Artisans
• Building inspectors
• Trade supply stores and manufacturers

Benefits Of Landscaping

Connection With Nature

When you are unable to travel to relax, coming home to a relaxing landscape can provide you with a temporary retreat that you and your family can make use of during holidays or weekends.

Functional Areas

This can be an opportunity to make use of the unused spaces and turn them into a place for you to sit and relax with the help of some outdoor furniture and fittings.

Leisure Area

With landscaping, you can easily plan out and make areas for specific reasons to carry out certain activities such as having a barbeque. This will give you the ability to turn indoor celebrations into outdoor celebrations and enjoy activities outdoors. In addition to what your house is already able to offer this will make a significant impact.

Value

Having landscaping done is one of the ways that will help boost the value of your property. Well planned landscaping can significantly increase the value of your property by 5.5% to 12.7%. This will definitely benefit you more if you have plans of looking to resell your property in the future. Having facilities that are able to fully maximise the use of both the indoor and outdoor spaces will make your property much more appealing for potential buyers to purchase.

Cooler Temperature

A simple grass lawn is much cooler than a regular pavement made of cement. It radiates the temperature around bringing the overall temperature to a lower level.

Environmentally friendly

Having grass and trees help in capturing dust and removing carbon dioxide and provides us with oxygen. A leafy landscape can help reduce the amount of pollutants in a water stream.

Outdoor Time

Spending more outdoor time has proven to improve the quality of life. Landscaping allows you to have a personal touch to how you would like your outdoor environment to be. Having an amazing landscape will also give the ability to welcome guests for special occasions or spontaneous gatherings be it with friends or family.

Type Landscaping Services

Tree Pruning

This is a service that guides and influences the tree to grow in a certain direction. With proper pruning, the tree could be made to grow in a way where it provides more structural support. Maintaining the tree can help in preventing branches from falling. This also gives the tree a more aesthetic finish and looks neat.
On a side note, do read up on our blog article on how Tree Cutting is important to Singapore.

Gardening Services 

Gardening service includes removal of many things other than just the trimmings such as branches, landscaping debris and many other things.

Redesigning

Redesign and construction of your current layout to be designed to your liking. Installing items such as irrigations,drainage, water fountains and lighting features.

Maintenance

Includes services such as lawn maintenance, gardening maintenance, pond maintenance and cleansing work. Landscape maintenance is highly recommended as it helps with:

Safety

Dead leaves and branches can be safety hazards as overgrown greenery can lead to people tripping over them. It reduces risk of accidents and increases safety.

Healthier Plants

Lack of maintenance could lead to affecting the health of your plants which will allow them to be more prone to pests and infections.

Save Cost

Regular maintenance can prevent pests and diseases. If there is a lack of maintenance it could lead to serious damage to your plants which will then cost you more in the long run of trying to repair the damage that has occurred.

It is important to fully understand what is possible and plan out what you really want to do when it comes to landscaping. Sharing your budget with the contractors may be comfortable as this is an extremely useful piece of information for your contractor as they will then be able to help you build the design you want while keeping within your budget. You can speak with other contractors to understand what it will cost and what the breakdowns of the costs are. 

This will help you in comparing quotations and finally deciding on the contractor and the team that you would like to hire and work with on your landscape project and provide you with the landscaping services you require. A professional landscape design should be able to benefit you in several ways if it is most importantly within your budget.