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Garden maintenance and how it helps your home's curb appeal

Garden maintenance and how it helps your home's curb appeal
Garden maintenance and how it helps your home's curb appeal

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Having a garden in your property can be an advantage.

Depending on how you're going to use the area, a garden can serve as an additional living space or a spot where you can relieve yourself of stress.

But on the other hand, having a garden entails some responsibility-for one thing, you need to exert time and effort to maintain your garden to ensure that this area can boost your home's curb appeal, not become the reason for your home to lose its value.

You can think of curb appeal as the first impression of your home. A properly-maintained garden sends a signal to neighbors, visitors, and even potential buyers that your entire property has been well cared for. Thus, here are some garden maintenance tips to help improve your home's curb appeal:

1. Add Low-Maintenance Plants And Flowers

There are a lot of reasons why people opt to buy a property with a garden. Some might take this direction to improve and practice their gardening skills, while there are those who are just after the additional space. If you're one of the latter and admit to not being an avid gardener, opt to add low-maintenance plants and flowers such as chamomile, violets, daylilies, roses, lavender, and rosemary in your garden. These plants and flowers require only a minimal amount of watering, weeding, and pruning. When you choose to plant flowering shrubs and perennials in your garden, you save time in trimming them as these grow back on their own every year.

Aside from low-maintenance plants and flowers, know more about shrubs and trees that are

native to your area. Any plants that naturally grow in your climate will require less maintenance because they can easily adapt to your surroundings. By choosing to plant these in your garden, you don't have to be burdened to change your lifestyle to make sure that these thrive because these plants can take care of themselves.

Garden maintenance and how it helps your home's curb appeal
Garden maintenance and how it helps your home's curb appeal

2. Practice Simple Gardening Techniques

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to read a thousand books on gardening or have a green thumb for you to properly take care of your garden. There are actually simple gardening techniques that can be done by any homeowner. For you to better utilize your garden and use it to improve your home's curb appeal, take note of the following gardening techniques:

  • Plant Similar Plants Together: Once you choose to add plants and shrubs to your garden, expect that you will need to water and fertilize them. If you want to save time in doing all of these chores, opt to place similar plants together. Grouping plants with similar needs will make it very easy for you to water and fertilize them.
  • Establish Borders: Seeing weeds in your garden can be a nuisance. All of your efforts to add flowering plants and shrubs will be useless if weeds start to take over your garden. The solution? Establish borders around your flower beds to prevent weed growth. These borders can also separate your plants from the grass, making your garden look more cohesive and appealing. You can choose to lay stones or bricks as a decorative border.
  • Let It Take Care of Itself: There are now a lot of ways on how you can take care of your garden even if you don't have the time to personally do all of the required chores. If your budget allows it, consider changing some of the elements and systems present in your garden. Install an automatic irrigation system for watering, or cover grassy areas of your garden with stones or bricks. Having a well-maintained garden will become a breeze once you choose to follow any of these tips!
  • Apply Mulch: Mulch is a cheap material available almost everywhere. For a foolproof way of maintaining your garden, apply mulch around your plants. Doing this can keep the weeds out, improve the moisture in the soil, and provide more nutrients to your plants.

3. Install A Rock Garden

Boosting your home's curb appeal through your garden doesn't have to be expensive or time-consuming. There are actually DIY solutions that can help you achieve this goal easier and faster.

For your garden to have more dimension, install a rock garden. This is a simple project that you can do on a weekend and will only require you to use rocks in different shapes. A rock garden is a suitable option if your soil isn't conducive for flower-bearing plants.

Practice Consistency

There are actually a lot of ways on how you can improve your home's curb appeal through your garden. Aside from the tips listed in this article, you can do your own research to look for more options. However, regardless of the technique you plan on using, consistency is always the key. Following a certain garden maintenance routine for a week and then disregarding the importance of your garden after won't do any good to your home's curb appeal.

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