Landscaping Ideas for Your Florida Beachfront Home

Having a Florida Gulf Coast waterfront property can be both relaxing, and challenging at the same time. Since the property is off the water, harsh ocean elements can harm the landscaping and prove to be a challenge to keep it maintained. Salt spray from the ocean waves or salt air can make it hard for plants to absorb water and cause the plants to die. Maintaining your landscape is very important if you want to keep the property value of your property high. Here are a few ways you can help to improve and maintain the functionality of your landscape while being cost effective:

Salt water vegetation is one way to ensure that the landscaping outside of your gulf coast property survives the salty conditions of having a beachfront property. Salt water vegetation is also known as an aquatic plant, a plant that has adapted to living in salt water and either requires to be emerged in water or at the water's surface. If your home is within 1/8th of a mile from the shore, then you should vary on which salt-tolerant plants you should be planting in your landscape. Various places offer salt tolerant trees, shrubs, flowers, grass, vines, and ground covers. By researching each salt tolerant plant, you can see which plants work best for your property.

A plants exposure to the sun is crucial. So when choosing the best plants to landscape your home, make sure that you are taking into consideration how much exposure to the sun that particular plant may require. There are some local Florida nursery's that will be able to tell you whether a certain plant should be directly exposed to the sun, partially exposed to the sun, or not exposed to the sun at all.

Proper planning will ensure that you aren't spending tons of money for your landscaping, and it will make maintaining your vacation home a lot easier.

Be sure to incorporate Hardscape into your landscaping ideas for your Florida home. Try adding non-grassy elements into your landscaping plan that would help make maintaining your landscape a lot easier. Natural stones, mulch, and bricks can create a unique walkway from your home to the beach. It can also be an environmentally friendly way of keeping pollutants and runoff water from your landscape and the beach.


Do you have any cool or environmentally friendly ideas that you have incorporated into the landscape of your gulf coast property? We want to know!

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How to Keep Your Florida Beachfront Property Maintained

Purchasing a beachfront property on the Florida Gulf Coast for a vacation home or for year round use is a great idea for those luxury home owners who love to smell fresh salt water and hear the waves from their bedroom window.

It's important, however, to know how to keep your gulf coast property maintained properly to ensure that your home stays in excellent condition.

For beachfront properties, the ocean elements can be very harsh on your home and if it isn’t taken care of properly, can stop your home from staying in tip top shape and retaining its value. If you are considering purchasing a vacation home or a permanent home on the Florida Gulf Coast, here are a few tips you can use to ensure that you retain the luster of your home:

• Windows - Because of the harsh ocean elements, it is best to avoid metal as much as possible. It can easily corrode the metal components of the window, unless you use galvanized metal or stainless steel. The less amount of metal used in the windows, window frames, and door frames; the better. It is suggested that you use fiberglass, vinyl, or aluminum instead of metal. Although fiberglass is the most anti-corrosive, there are still other options available. Make sure that you are cleaning these areas of your home pretty regularly, but ensure that when cleaning the windows with a damp towel that you dry it as well so you don’t aid the ocean elements in corroding the outer metal elements in your home.

• Bathrooms/Kitchens - Mold is prominent in beachfront properties and can grow in any damp or wet surfaces before you know it. It is important to continually inspect your home for any water leaks and seal them almost immediately to prevent mold from growing inside of your home. Make sure that you are cleaning regularly in the bathroom and kitchen area using anti-fungal cleaners and caulking any areas that may be in need of touchups. It is important to improve air circulation in your home by allowing fresh air in or purchasing a dehumidifier.

• Outdoor Furniture - If you have patio furniture outside of your Florida beachfront home, it should come as no surprise that outdoor furniture takes the worse beating from the harsh ocean elements. In order to prevent your outdoor furniture from corroding from salt buildup, it is recommended to weekly rinse your furniture and dry it with a soft cloth. You shouldn’t use any cleaners when rinsing off your furniture and this will ensure that your outdoor furniture lasts the test of time. 

Do you have any maintenance tips to add? We want to hear them!

If you are looking for the perfect luxury beachfront property on the Florida Gulf Coast, feel free to reach out to Bonita Springs, FL Real Estate Agent Michael Landino of Golf-2-Gulf-Luxury-Properties. Michael is an expert on Gulf properties in the Bonita Springs, Estero, and Naples, Florida communities and he would love to help you find the property you're looking for.

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