By Hosea OmolePhoto:CourtesyIf your family is the active kind, you need a backyard with games facilities to soak up their excess energy. Instead, look to existing hard surfaces such as the parking lot and find creative ways to modify them so that they can double up as courts. Mini courtsYou do not need to take out your lawn and replace it with a large hard surface for tennis or basketball. Children GamesMany games such as hopscotch simply need a small hard surface. You want these facilities to be discreetly integrated with other elements of the landscape to create a beautiful, but functional backyard.

Source: Standard Digital May 11, 2016 23:56 UTC