Colored Landscape Glass: 5 Spectacular Examples
Landscaping glass is used to bring more color into your landscapes. The beauty found in this glass will not fade and it will make your landscaping look like it was designed by a professional. There are so many areas of your yard that you can use landscaping glass in. The possibilities are endless with the variety of colors and sizes of landscape glass that are available.
Flower Pot Filler
No yard is complete without a few flower pots or baskets. Flowers of all colors should be included in a beautiful landscape design. To make your landscaping stand out even more add extra color in with landscaping glass. Instead of the bare dirt showing on top of the flower pot or basket you can cover it in whatever color makes the flowers pop.
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This flower basket has beautiful bright yellow and white flowers on top of the Bahama Blend landscaping glass. This mixture of blue landscaping glass gives the illusion of water surrounding the flowers. The flower basket is more vibrant and colorful than ever before. The landscaping glass gives new life to a tried and true landscape design.
Surrounding Decorations
For those areas that you want to add decorations to your landscaping but do not want to use wood chips or bare dirt add some colored landscaping glass instead. Depending on what you are surrounding you can choose from a variety of colors to help match or contrast the décor.
This large flower vase is a beautiful piece that has a mixture of blues throughout the surface. The Ocean Blue landscaping glass helps to bring out the color of this vase while creating a more clean look for your landscape design to help hide those unpleasant areas that do not have decorations in it.
Mix the colors you have in an area to create a more interesting design. This area has many different vases and landscaping glass to create a colorful section of the yard or patio.
Faux Pond
This fixture is a beautiful piece of art on its own. The intricate design that surrounds this fountain creates a wonderful centerpiece to this large patio. The bird bath in the middle is filled with plants for a touch of nature. The base of the bird bath is a beautiful turquoise to help match the Aqua Blue Landscaping glass that fills it.
Instead of having the maintenance of a true fountain or pond use landscaping glass to give the feel of one. With plants scattered throughout the landscaping glass this may appear to be a pond to anyone at first glance. It allows you to have a natural feel to your landscape without the added work of caring for and cleaning the fountain or pond.
This is a great area for you to sit by and enjoy the sun. It has enough room for you to sit down and relax. You can easily take a moment to enjoy the outdoors and the beauty of your yard by this faux fountain.
Flowing from Pots to Create Stream
Landscaping glass is a great way to create the feel of flowing water. There are many variations of blue hues that will create an interesting combination and show the many colors you would see in water. The Bahama Blend has a mixture of lighter blues and darker blues that make us think of days on the beach with flowing waves.
This design gives a pop of color to your existing rock bed. Use a few pots to and fill them with landscaping glass. Make sure one of these pots is tipped over so it looks like your landscaping glass is flowing from it. This design is close to a pool. It gives a playful feel of the landscaping glass flowing into the pool to fill it up like a stream into a lake.
In Flower or Plant Bed
It is always hard to make your flower bed or plant bed look clean and neat. Most of these areas have areas of bare dirt that bring no color or design to your landscape. Depending on the type of plants you have in the area you may have large areas of this bare dirt. Instead of allowing this to stop your landscape from being bright and colorful add landscaping glass.
Fill the top of your area with landscaping glass of any color. It is best if there is a defined ridge to hold the landscaping glass in place. It create a neat edge and will help your yard feel more modern.
This design chose to go the natural route. The Aqua landscaping glass creates the beautiful look of flowing water. The plants look as if they are suspended in the flowing stream.
This type of design is great for a boarder to a sidewalk or along a patio. Even if you are not using plants you can still create a colorful border with landscape glass on the side of your sidewalk. You will enjoy walking along the bright colors that the landscaping glass comes in. Use a mixture of colors for a more custom design.
Landscaping glass is great for all of your outdoor projects. You will be able to use it virtually anywhere to create a clean modern look in your yard. The landscaping glass is rounded so there will be no sharp edges to worry about. It will be easy to put the landscaping glass in and you will have no concerns of being poked during the process.
Depending on where you are using the landscape glass you can choose from different colors. Go for a natural look in flower beds and use a blue, think of contrasting your colors against your decorations in the landscape, or use a color that will allow your bright flowers to pop against the background.
Anywhere that seems like it is lacking a bit probably could use some color. Landscaping glass can be used in a variety of way so you can easily add this color in. You can use it around plants, in other decorations, around decorations, in your rock beds, and around your sidewalks. No matter where you put your landscaping glass you will love the way it makes your yard look.
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