Toronto Small Backyard Landscaping Guide

Summer is right around the corner, and who doesn’t love to sit back and relax in the hot summertime weather. That means it’s time to find the perfect outdoor space to enjoy the sunshine. What about starting with your own backyard?

Toronto isn’t exactly known for its roomy backyards. M.E. Contracting specializes in making the most of your home’s natural landscape and its individual space constraints. Over the years, they have designed and executed countless landscaping projects for yards both big and small.

To help you make the most of your small backyard, read this quick guide with simple yet useful landscaping tips for small backyards.

Separate Your Backyard into Zones

This may seem counterintuitive, but breaking up your backyard into small zones can help make your backyard appear larger. Dividing your backyard landscape into discrete sections gives you options to choose from when you head outside to wind down.

Make separate groupings of furniture with different paths to divide your small backyard into several beautiful and relaxing seating areas. The pathways help to create focal points, giving your yard a sense of movement and fluidity. This also works to create a cozy atmosphere with seating nooks nestled around your backyard.

Be Decisive with Your Colours

Just like when you use too many design colours in a small room, using too many colours in the landscaping of your small backyard will make it look and feel overcrowded. Instead, opt for a few vibrant colours that add pockets of visual appeal to your yard. Decide on a neutral colourway with bursts of vivid colours to add interest to small sections of your yard without exaggerating the size of your landscape.

Blooming flowers are a great way to add bright colours without making an overbearing impression. You can always add a couple of vibrant throw pillows to your patio furniture for a pop of colour too!

Use Perspective

Making your small backyard feel big is all about how you look at it. Horizontal space comes at a high price in Toronto. That’s why it’s best to plant greenery that grows up, not out. Making use of vertical space helps create a larger perspective for your small backyard. Vertical landscaping draws your attention up, giving your small backyard a more spacious aesthetic.

Adding tall shrubs and small yet shady trees, or even raised planters, will move the eyes up and take attention away from the lack of horizontal space in your backyard. Opt for dwarf shrubs instead of full-sized ones so that they don’t grow too much and take over your perfectly landscaped backyard.

Trust the Experts

Hiring experts at M.E. Contracting will ensure that you get the most out of your small backyard without any of the added stress of doing it yourself. Their team of professional landscapers will not only draw up the perfect master plan for your backyard, but they will put in the leg work to transform your small backyard into a stunning personal getaway.

M.E. Contracting provides high quality landscaping services in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). To inquire about their services, or to request a free estimate, send them an email today.