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A swimming pool is a major backyard landscape feature. If you are considering installing a swimming pool in your backyard, the design of your pool is very important if you don’t want it to clash with the rest of your yard and house. Before installing a new swimming pool, you’re going to need a design that is sure to compliment your current or planned landscape. This can be great fun as you indulge your imagination and envision the finished result. There is a huge number of websites that offer some great pool landscaping ideas.

Make Your Swimming Pool Safe

One of the most important factors to consider when choosing a pool landscaping design is the safety aspects. It is essential to ensure that your pool is child safe. In Australia, as well as many other countries, you are legally obliged to have a fence around your pool that will prevent children’s access. Safety doesn’t necessarily mean that your pool area has to look ugly. A well designed swimming pool landscape can incorporate the safety fence into your desired theme or style as well.

Pool Surrounds

As the name suggests, pool surrounds is the immediate area surrounding the swimming pool. The pool surrounds connects the pool with the rest of your landscape.

Stone or imitation stone is another great material for using as your pool surrounds. You can go for a classical look using limestone, bluestone or travertine marble that gives your home a luxurious look, or you can go for an imitation stone or concrete for the more price conscious. Whatever material you choose can be provided in a number of colours and textures to suit your overall landscape. Here you can be really creative by incorporating lovely patterns within the paving of your pool surrounds.

Choosing the right plants as part of your pool landscaping project will create a wonderful natural ambience. Avoid deciduous trees and plants that will drop debris in the pool. Having perfumed vegetation around your pool aids in hiding the odour of the chemicals used to keep the water clean. Good use of vegetation can also give your pool area the privacy you desire from adjoining properties.

Pool Lighting

Perhaps the ultimate in the enjoyment of your private property would have to be going out onto your back patio at night to immerse yourself in the ambience of a beautifully lit pool area. Not only can you get under water lighting to illuminate your pool, there is a wide range of garden lighting that can be installed to get the right style and effect to make your backyard a wonder to behold. Where possible, it is recommended that LED lights be used as these give good brightness but use much less electricity.

Water Features and Pool Landscaping

If you are looking at installing a swimming pool on your property, why not incorporate a water feature as well? Installing a water fountain can really add sound, movement and form, not to mention a unique quality to your pool landscape. A water feature can really give your swimming pool a feeling of luxury. Ideas for pool water fountains include such forms as cupids, sprites, frogs or other aquatic animals that shoot or spray water from the pool coping.  Wall water features are another great idea, and can be created in various sizes from the simple to the stately and elaborate.

Need More Landscaping Ideas?

All of your professional pool landscaping and installation needs in the Melbourne area can be catered to with GanEden Landscaping. Check out our landscaping portfolio for more landscaping ideas.