Keep your deck alive with plants!
A deck design can be very creative, using materials, patterns, and colors to form a one-of-a-kind outdoor living space. Whether your deck is a simple rectangle or a multi-level engineering feat with curves, nothing will make it come to life quite like plants. Adding living plants to your deck will keep it fresh; in winter, you can add evergreens and think of ways to make plants a part of your deck this spring.
Ways to Make Plants a Part of Your Deck
Add Potted Plants
The easiest way to make plants a part of your deck is to add potted plants. You can use symmetry or clusters of pots of varying heights to decorate your deck. You can use simple or colorful pots to grow evergreens like rosemary, perennial flowers, or shrubs. If they cannot handle the winter, you can bring them indoors.
Add Deck Railing Planters
If pots would take up too much space but you want to keep the plants portable, then deck railing planter boxes or baskets are the best solution. You can find plenty of options online; it is best to choose ones that fit your style; they can even match your deck railing. Annuals and perennials are best suited to grow in deck railing planters.
Install Planter Boxes
Are you looking for a more permanent way to incorporate your favorite plants on your deck? Mid-Atlantic Deck & Fence is familiar with installing built-in planter boxes and other built-in deck additions, such as storage benches. Built-in planters often flank deck stairs and benches, but can also border the deck. Evergreen shrubs or annual arrangements work well in planter boxes.
Surround the Deck with Plants
If you would like to keep plants off the deck altogether but still make them a part of the picture, you can landscape flower beds around your deck instead. Add a flowering shade tree for kicks. If this is your plan, it might be wise to consult a landscape designer to ensure the plants don’t damage the deck.
Incorporate a Tree
Perhaps the most creative way to make plants a part of your deck is to include an established tree in the design. If a tree is in the way of where you want to build, build around it and make it a feature.
Call Mid-Atlantic Deck & Fence For Your New Deck or Fence!
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