Open-air Living Trend Pursues in UK Gardens

Open-air Living Trend Pursues in UK Gardens

A new study has revealed that 59% of homeowners prioritize outdoor living as the greatest influence within their general open-air project design. The 2016 UK Houzz landscaping trends study includes insights from almost 1,000 homeowners in the UK who are in the middle of, planning, or who have finished a project recently.
A yearly study revealed that many update the structural elements, their open-air equipment and systems, and borders and beds. Because of the importance of such projects, more than 1/3 outdoor upgraders enlist the assistance of the landscape gardener or contractor and/or landscape designer or architect for their projects.
Garden makeovers have a substantial effect on British open-air living, with 81% reporting that they are spending more time outdoors as an outcome of upgrades. Homeowners relax, eating and entertain their guests in their outdoor spaces. Gardening is not the number one use of outdoor space. On the other hand, British people choose to stay and relax in their open-air spaces, before tending to their garden and bond with their loved ones.
Whilst you have a garden that is so simple to maintain is the major functional consideration among the UK upgraders, open-air living is the greatest design priority, followed through having a beautiful and stylish space. Homeowners purchase comfort-enhancing open-air products like outdoor furniture, fire pits, barbeques, patio heaters & pizza ovens. Of those people who are incorporating lighting, they do so in order to illuminate features as well as to create a much improved ambiance, wherein they like to create a more relaxing and enjoyable space.
Additional findings involve:
• New garden, new home – a recent house purchase is the number one trigger of external projects, whilst most respond to the deteriorated space. Others are waiting until the perfect timing, either having the finances or the time that lies on their hands, prior to embarking on the desired project.
• Projects span the budgets – in terms of minor projects, most homeowners are spending less than £2,500. Many substantial projects need higher budgets.
• Pets – outdoor updates that take pets into account are significant, with 57% creating pet-related upgrades. Creating a space for the animals to play and run and then planting toxic-free plants are the most famous ones.
• Spring – the months of March & April are the popular periods for homeowners in UK to embark on the outdoor project. Planning gets started four months or more ahead for most of outdoor renovators which is 67 per cent.
• Child-friendly – around 4 out of 5 outdoor renovators make child-related updates. Practicalities like the space to play and run, edible plants and fencing all over the garden are prioritized.
• Plants – the homeowners in the UK prioritize flowering plants throughout their upgrades, with flowering, less maintenance, and those plants which attract wildlife.
• Lawn – the homeowners do come with a recent lawn make huge and significant changes to their respective green spaces, with 22% reduce the size of their lawn and 12% removing it together in favor of the garden beds, hard landscaping as well as the outdoor structures.