Extending Your Indoor Living Outside.

The ideal landscape plan has both growing plants and hardscape elements that allow you and your family to physically enjoy the beauty of your outdoor spaces. Patios, walkways and paths are the elements that give you that access. A path or walkway let you move around and enjoy every corner of your home’s landscaping, while a patio or deck invites you to stay for a while, take time to be refreshed in your own "oasis."

Hardscapes tell visitors that your outdoor spaces have been planned and thought through with just as much love and care as your interior décor and furniture. Decks, patios and walks are proof that your home does not end at your door but extends – and beckons -- outside, where all are invited to come and enjoy.

The Spanish and the Mexican cultures gave us patios because they understood how pleasant a cool evening outdoors could be in hotter climates, where life begins as the workday ends and the sun retreats. Latinos have traditionally designed outdoor patios with indoor-style amenities like fireplaces, ovens and benches for gathering ‘round. Shady walls and surrounding garden elements naturally connect the living space with the outdoors.

If space, slope and budget permit, patios can give a more formal, more permanent feel to your landscape master plan. Never have there been more materials to choose from and the list grows every day, so you don’t have to settle for a no-personality gray concrete patio!

At Metro GreenScape, we use various kinds of materials to artistically create your dream patio:

• Interlocking pavers are growing the fastest in popularity. Flexible in design, they come in a spectrum of colors and styles, can be easily repaired, and require little or no maintenance.
  
  
• Traditional masonry, like brick, fired tile and natural stone are popular premium materials for creating a beautiful custom patio.
  
  
• Use both wood and masonry to vary the texture and color of your patio area; you might even consider creating different levels, varying the materials for each one.
  
  
• Don’t overlook poured concrete; today’s concrete is available in colors and molded-in patterns. Adding tile work can enhance and accent outdoor areas (nothing is more durable or color-stable than tile); the possibilities are as varied as your imagination.

Our professional outdoor living designers can create an outdoor patio that is functional and visually appealing.