| Landscaping services and supplies provide the | | | | Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Vaux-le-Vicomte, and |
| manpower and materials in designing open spaces | | | | Versailles, among many other locations. 18th |
| for homes and buildings. Landscaping services are | | | | century England featured some of the most |
| available for both residential and commercial | | | | prominent landscapers such as William Kent, |
| structures. These usually include gardens, patios, | | | | Humphrey Repton, and Lancelot Brown, all of |
| decks and entrances. Landscaping supplies, on the | | | | whom created vast parklands and renovated the |
| other hand, include retaining walls, pavers, | | | | gardens and grounds of large properties and |
| decorative pebbles, stone, rock, and sandstone, | | | | homes owned by wealthy families. |
| among many others. Both landscaping services | | | | Aside from landscape designing and architecture, |
| and supplies are available from local contractors | | | | landscape services offer assistance in the |
| (who can be easily found online). | | | | following: |
| Landscaping refers to the visible features of an | | | | - spring clean up - yard cleaning, lawn thatching, |
| area of land including the physical elements such | | | | yard raking, cleaning of flower beds and bushes, |
| as landforms, plants, flowers, and stones among, | | | | removal of all debris |
| many others. This is an important aspect for the | | | | - fertilization - crabgrass preventer, lime |
| aesthetics of homes, commercial buildings, and | | | | application, insect control, grub control, winter |
| other structures. This is especially true for | | | | fertilizer |
| buildings constructed in busy cities where most | | | | - lawn maintenance - cutting of lawn, trimming |
| natural landscapes have been replaced by | | | | edges, sweeping walks and driveways |
| concrete structures. Manmade gardens add to the | | | | - mulching |
| ambiance and help reduce air pollution as well. | | | | - bushes and hedges trimming |
| The origin of landscaping as an art is said to have | | | | - weeding |
| started in China and grew in popularity in ancient | | | | - fall clean up - removing and disposing of leaves |
| Rome. The landscaped gardens of the Romans | | | | - snow removal - plowing and shoveling of snow |
| were designed with mosaics and water fountains. | | | | from driveways, front stairs, walks and sidewalks |
| This art was lost during the Middle Ages and was | | | | Landscape supplies are available if you want to |
| only revived during the Renaissance period. | | | | design the landscapes in your home yourself. |
| Examples of Renaissance landscaping are found in | | | | |