2011/03/23

Landscaping Your Yard with Thatch

If you are looking for great landscaping idea for your yard, you can use thatch. These are dried palm leaves that were hand woven together and are a great ornament for the yard. Here are some of the things that you can do with thatch. You can use it as a roofing for your hut if you have one in your garden. This could give the place a safari or a tropical look that will match your garden if the theme geared towards the use of natural plants. You can also use the thatch roofing as a shade in pathways that your yard has.

Thatch is a great way of beautifying your yard. Aside from beauty, it can also have a practical use for you. If you have a thatch hut in your yard, you can spend your summer afternoons in it. This will be very refreshing even if the weather is hot because you will be under the shade of the thatch roof. Your thatch hut can also be a great place for your family to bond together and enjoy a sunny weather. It is also okay to stay in the hut during the rainy season because the thatch roofing can prevent all the rainwater from getting inside the hut.

One of the most used thatch products are the thatch panels. It is similar to a thatch roof but fashioned in a way to make a panel. You can use thatch panels to hide your concrete wall from view. This will give your garden the tropical look without any traces of a concrete wall that can ruin the whole theme. You may also use the thatch panels to make a fence around your pool if your yard has one. This is a great way from keeping peeping toms away and from taking advantage of having your pool located outside the house.

Thatch can also be used as a table skirt. This will allow you to place a table in your yard where you and your friends can have a hearty meal even if the sun is shining hot. A table with thatch skirting would complete the tropical look of your garden so try to fit the table in your yard. However if your yard has limited space, do not overcrowd it. Measure your table and make a sketch of your yard. After this draw the table in your sketch and see how it looks. If the yard looks overcrowded then you can forget adding the table. The yard should always have some free space where you can comfortably move otherwise, you will not be able to enjoy it.

Thatch can greatly beautify your yard but can also overcrowd it. Thus, before buying any of the products and installing it in your yard, ensure that it will not overcrowd the place. You can ask for the help of a landscaping expert if you are having a hard time in choosing which products to use.