Landscaping Contractor: Landscape Design For Winter Conditions in Bethesda, MD

This winter is shaping up to be long, snowy, and cold. The experts at East Coast Landscape Designs, your landscaping contractor in Silver Spring MD, can design your landscape and hardscape to look good and perform well during the winter.

During the winter, snow and ice management is the priority. Here are ways that landscape and hardscape design can make snow and ice management easier and less expensive.

Wide driveways work best because they are easiest to plow. Driveways should have wide turnaround, no sharp turns, or corners. There should also be plenty of space for the plowed snow to be deposited.
Landscaping should be set back 20-30 feet off the end of the driveway to store plowed snow. The height of your plantings should be considered, as a good snow could hamper visibility, and plow drivers could run over smaller plantings.
Avoid placing lighting or gates right next to the driveway, so that they are not damaged by snowplows.
Walkways should have an even surface, to better facilitate snow and ice removal.
Unevenly laid flagstone or other surfaces create a tripping hazard, and snow shovels can catch on the sharp edges and destabilize the stones. If you are tired of shoveling, a heated walkway will melt ice and snow, and with no shoveling required.
Covered the structures you use all year round. Covering an area of your deck will allow you to grill or use the hot tub, without having to remove snow or ice. If want to enjoy the outdoors from indoors, you should consider an all-season room, with heating and cooling.

For more information landscape and hardscape design that will make it easier to manage snow and ice, please contact East Coast, your landscaping contractor in Silver Spring MD. East Coast Landscapes has years of experience as a landscaping contractor and has completed numerous projects in and around the Bethesda, MD area.

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