| Most people who design their own landscapes and | | | | these walls in water gardens and encase water |
| especially professional landscape designers find | | | | areas to contrast the organic and the geometrical. |
| that at one stage or another they use bricks to | | | | It adds warmth to a water feature. Bricks are |
| make borders, solve problems, protect certain | | | | mostly, however, used to create walkways and |
| features or even build unique additions to a yard. | | | | paths in a garden. You can build a definite path to |
| Landscaping bricks are used so widely, because | | | | a certain area or you front door or you can |
| they come in all shapes, sizes and colours and | | | | create random paths through beautiful areas. If |
| give any garden a traditional, classic and unified | | | | your ground is quite soft, line the bottom of the |
| look. A benefit of using bricks in a landscape is | | | | path with organic landscaping fabric so the bricks |
| that they can literally transform an otherwise dull | | | | will not sink away. Use bricks where you expect |
| area into a creative artwork and can make a | | | | to have a lot of traffic in the garden so your |
| garden look professional and well designed. Bricks | | | | garden will not experience wear and tear. |
| are inexpensive and easy to use and change if | | | | Bricks ultimately create a cleaner, uncluttered and |
| necessary. They fit into all styles and designs. You | | | | professional look. They have great tendency to |
| can buy bricks almost anywhere, especially at | | | | attract attention, so you can "lead" people through |
| nurseries or garden centres, but a great idea is to | | | | a designed garden with them quite easily. You can |
| get bricks from old building sites or from the side | | | | even make use of crushed bricks to create |
| of roads, because these look more natural and a | | | | pathways as they act as more rough and edgy |
| "weathered" look can be extremely appealing in a | | | | cobblestones. Make sure you use contrast in a |
| garden. | | | | garden, because it makes the garden more |
| A great feature to create using bricks in a | | | | appealing and adds character to the environment. |
| landscape is a patio. You will only need bricks and | | | | Bricks automatically do this, because they oppose |
| mortar and you can lay the bricks yourself - all in | | | | the natural surroundings of a garden. |
| the same direction or in different directions. This is | | | | Anyone can use bricks and build their own |
| very easy to build and you can even use a | | | | features, because it is easy and every person has |
| "horizontal then vertical laying" technique to make | | | | an idea for his or her garden. With a little |
| a creative patio. Add brick flowerbeds to | | | | imagination, you can do anything. If, however, you |
| complete the effect. Use your bricks to create | | | | feel it is "safer" to leave it to someone else, |
| borders for flower gardens or you can build a | | | | professional landscape designer will definitely have |
| small wall around the beds. You can also use | | | | limitless ideas and methods at your disposal. |