Landscape Design
Landscape designing is truly the most effective and cost efficient way to create your dream yard. A landscape contractor can offer a variety of services, including design, installation and maintenance of your property based on your specific needs and requests. Do you want an area for entertaining, an extension of your living space, a low maintenance landscape or a high impact design that is colorful.

 Once your wants have been established, your needs can be addressed. Is space an issue? Can your neighbors see into your yard? Do you have excessive shade in one area that would prevent a garden? Where would the most convenient place be
for an outdoor kitchen? Throughout the process, a professional designer will plan your yard to make it the most efficient, convenient, and beautiful plan possible.

Greenkeeper's Landscapes offers professional landscape design that will assess your needs. They will first discuss the elements you want to include such as: ponds, fire pits, fountains, gardens, play areas, decks, lighting, arbors, patio covers, or any other enhancement you would like. At this point, it is important to consider what you will be using the space for. If you entertain a lot in your yard, it will have to be designed differently than if you just want a gorgeous landscape to enjoy from indoors. Likewise, if you have children and pets, the environment will have to be designed with this in mind.
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Landscaping combines elements of art and science to create a functional and attractive extension of indoor living to the outdoors. Landscape design helps to blend houses or buildings into the natural surroundings. The horticulturists of Greenkeeper's have a working knowledge of art elements and design principles as well as the knowledge of plants that do well in the Oklahoma weather and soils.

Greenkeeper's will follow a plan that takes in to consideration your property, preferences and budget. They will begin by sketching a plot plan and will conduct a site analysis. They will take into consideration the present structures, plantings and special features of your landscape. They will talk with you to discover you particular families (or business) needs and desires. You will have an opportunity to discuss different "styles" of gardens, taking into consideration your preferences. They will help you to locate activity areas that you wish to integrate into your landscape.

Our landscape designer takes into consideration the year round functionality of your garden. Maintenance cannot be avoided, but it can be minimized. Even the perfectly designed and installed landscape will fail if maintenance fails. However, many maintenance problems are designed into landscapes. Complex designs usually require more maintenance. Simplicity can be achieved by avoiding unnecessary detail. Limiting the number of plant species and creating well-defined planted areas help to reduce maintenance needs.
Landscape designers are also aware of insect and disease problems for plants they expect to include in a plan. Desirable plants are those resistant to or tolerant of pests like mites, scale, nematodes, borers, root rots, powdery mildew, wilts, galls, blights, and leaf spots.

Plants in some locations must be tolerant of human abuse, air pollution and animals. Plants are spaced with consideration to their mature size. Plants in large areas or groups are generally spaced to cover an area in 3 to 5 years. Plants are spaced far enough from the house so that there is adequate air circulation near the house. Our designs are to be a comfortable and attractive extension of your inside life to your outdoor living.