This is landscaping with Zebra scapes. We're here to

discuss what's it like to be at a resort and bring it home when

you go to resort, and you sit there and relax and you're just

enjoying the atmosphere. And the question comes, how can you

relax so much away and you can at home, and you sit there in

your chair and you just look at the things around you, and what

is pulling the energy and the weight away from you, and what's

causing just to sit back and enjoy the moment. And we were

just in Sedona with my wife, Denise, and we're just sitting

there, and I was like, it's so relaxing. Amazing place. They

had a pergola up above, and vines growing on it. And I just

looked at it all and thought, this is so relaxing. And a lot,

you know, the green, the vines growing, growing down, and then

you got that. They had a waterfall, the noise and how

they had it all put together. It was amazing. It gave me great

ideas on what you can do in such a small, tight area. And it's

all about designing. It's all about bringing, putting it on

paper, getting into design virtual tour, to just bringing

it to life before you do it, that you can really break it

down. And that is so critical when it comes to landscaping.

And to you, when you really want a nice oasis in a backyard, if

you got tight spaces, it ain't possible. There's a great chance

it is that's, you know, let's break down how you can break up

your areas in elevation, and break up your areas and, you

know, in rooms like just look at your backyard. How can you

create rooms and break it up like you would a house, even

though it's small, but it's still nice to break it up, to

give it that warmth, feeling that really relaxing. And one

thing I noticed the vines a pergola, just breaking the shade

is adds tremendous amount just the fact that you have something

over top you that blocks the sun, and it's not you don't want

a real tall pergola, you know, people like, oh, I want to, you

know, nine foot tall pergola, eight foot tall pergola,

honestly, a seven foot tall nice and close with vines growing on

them adds so much value and comfort and in closeness around

you. And it's exciting to be able to to just sit in your

chair and relax. And one thing I've noticed that there brings

so much relaxing is the fact of the water, just a little bit of

water running, you know, fall, even a fountain of some sort,

the noise in the back, and then you add plants beside it, just

the when the wind blows, and that gives that relaxing sound.

It's so critical to have the water feature, the plants close

to the water feature to give it that warm feeling. And also

turf, I mean, you add turf by water, you know, is very

relaxing, and it just eases everything over, all those

things as huge value, and you compact them in a tight area, we

you got to think outside the box when it comes to small yards,

and comes to thinking about a great resorts. And I challenge

you to take pictures and send them to us on what you like, and

what is it possible to put in your backyard? And also, you

know, fire, I think fire and water, bringing them close

together, it adds another whole dimension. So when it comes to

your oasis in the back, hanging chairs, swings, those are great

things to add to it. It's also very important when you're

laying you laying out is just putting on paper and a structure

of how you want to categorize the areas of your place. You

want a hard, hard area, you know, where you got a fire pit,

pavers and stuff, you know, picking table, where you're

having a lot of foot traffic, and then compared to another

area where you break it up to a pergola, swings turf, an area

that's very relaxing. And honestly, those should be in two

different areas. One that's high traffic. You know, a lot of

drains come in and, you know, cooking and stuff. You got a

barbecue area. Those areas, the hard surface pavers, patios are

on a patio. You have flagstone those areas are very are great

and a must have in your backyard, but we want to break

those up into two different areas, from the high traffic

barbecue area, where you still can hang out, but it's always

very critical, I believe, to have an area to just release

stress and to sit and relax with your favorite Drink and just

soak in and to see the vegetation and the breeze and

just come to a whole demeanor of bringing your stress level down

and just enjoying the evening after a hard weekend or a hard

day at work, and when you're planting your backyard, you

strongly encourage you to think about what you're planning for.

Or are you planning for a big old party a bunch of guy, which

is great? Are you planning for you and your your spouse is to

sit there and relax and enjoy the evening? Both of those are

very important, and to me, I would have both. You can easily

have both. Even if you got a small yard, it don't take a lot

of room. There's one little corner of an area of your

property in your back patio area to put a small pergola, two

chairs and some, you know, just some bamboo or some crab apple

tree, to bring some shade in, something just small, just to

get to relaxing. It. All it takes is enough space, 100

square feet, to be able to sit there and to relax. And if you

have the real estate to do something grand, that's all the

better. It's not just the better because you've got the bigger

property, but the fact is that you can spread it out and really

think, and have a huge variety, from pergolas to water features

to fountains to artificial turf, all those things can add huge

value. And if you got enough real estate, go with a dig in, a

dig down and put a fireplace down like just a couple feet or

18 inches in the ground. Make a little step in area where you

step down in that adds so much, it breaks down the sound. If you

have neighbors, and you're in an area where the neighbors can't

see you so you can really relax around the fireplace or what's

happening. Don't look at your backyard and be like, blah, I

have nothing I can't do, nothing. I wish I had with the

Joneses have I wish I had more ground. I wish I had more real

estate. There's nothing I can do. Trust me, there is so much

we can do in your backyard, in the and turn into amazing oasis.

Think outside the box, get a 3d design, and let us explore what

you have. And with technology and everything out there, it is

amazing. What we can put on paper, put in a video, where you

can see what you're getting, and to me, what's out there is far

beyond you can imagine, and what you can dream, we can bring into

reality. So we strongly encourage you to dream big, even

if you have a small yard and get excited about what you have.

Arizona is an amazing state to live in, beautiful skies,

amazing temperature. Let's add value. Add value to your real

estate and add value to your life and your life in the

evenings. I mean, it is so important to put a place in your

backyard where you can go and just relax. And trust me, it's

worth every penny of it. Thanks for listening.