Decorate your garden with these 8 affordable landscaping projects
No matter how large or small your garden may be, it is important to maintain it and keep it looking presentable.
Creating an aesthetically appealing and eye-catching garden to improve the overall appearance of your home doesn't have to be expensive; in fact, sometimes only small and cheap interventions are sufficient to make a garden look attractive and luxurious.
Simple water features, low-maintenance flowers and plants, creative recycling of commonly disposed-of objects are just some resources you can use in your garden to make it look more attractive easily.
Below, we suggest 8 cheap landscaping projects to make your garden look luxuriant.
1. Borders for a neat look
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Keep your garden looking tidy by using borders, which will also help to stop erosion and keep mulch in place. You can choose borders in concrete, wood, stone, brick and metal; but a good way to save even more will be to choose to use recycled objects (like pallet wood, for example).
2. A flowery mailbox
The mailbox is your home's "business card", so to speak. As such, it needs some attention too. Surround your mailbox with brightly colored flowers to transform it into a lovely "welcoming committee".
3. Choose inexpensive perennials
Perennial plants are perfect for creating a wonderfully lush garden on a low budget: their continuous reflowering cycles will allow you to keep them around and with a minimum of care required. Hydrangeas, roses, tulips, asters, echinacea and lavender are just some of the plants that can brighten up your garden without breaking the bank.
4. A path home
Garden paths draw attention to the areas of the garden you want others to admire, as well as framing the landscape and showing the way to your home. As in the case of borders, you can also choose different materials for garden paths (see above). In short, garden paths can look very attractive and can be cheap to put in.
5. Cheap planters
There is no need to invest large sums of money in purchasing expensive designer planters; for incredibly attractive, inexpensive planters all you need to do is decorate them artistically. Rope, mosaics, paint - there are many ways plastic pots, for example, can be transformed. And why not commit to a small creative recycling project by repurposing old objects? Try this using old basins or tin containers, bicycles, wheelbarrows, shoes or even breakfast mugs!
6. Simple water features
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Flowing water will bring liveliness and vitality to your garden, transforming it into a pleasant oasis for relaxation. Confirm this for yourself by installing a small fountain or a mini waterfall.
7. A pebble garden
Fill gaps between the flagstones pf your driveway or create a lovely garden for your succulents by using pebbles. They will help keep your garden cleaner and looking neater too.
8. Set up a vegetable garden
How about setting up a vegetable garden? This will allow you to save on purchasing veggies, as well as making your garden look more pleasant. Maintaining it throughout the year will require a lot of patience and work, but will be very satisfying when you bring the crop home.
Have you decorated your garden on the cheap?