The built parts of a landscape — patios, walls, paths, steps, decks — as opposed to softscape, which is everything that grows. The distinction matters commercially because the two carry different skills, different equipment, different permitting and very different prices per square foot, and a customer asking for a garden usually wants both.
Related terms
- GradingShaping the ground so that water runs where you want it to, which normally means away from the building.
- Cubic yardHow bulk material is sold — soil, mulch, gravel, sand, concrete.
- PermitPermission from the local authority to carry out work before you start it, usually followed by one or more inspections.
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