Low maintenance gardens: Ideal gardens for busy people
You're too busy and you've got little or no time to work outside in the garden but you'd love to be the proud owner of a great looking garden.
Well, now with our low maintenance garden guide you can. Simply follow some of the hints and tips given, sit back and watch how your garden grows.
Garden space required
Irregular plots, shaded areas or small awkward spaces are ideal. This plan will be an ideal solution for people living in town houses, or people living in homes with limited garden space.
Garden layout and design
If you want a low maintenance garden solution then choosing a relaxed design will be your best option. Opting for a garden design and layout requiring time, effort and energy to maintain will mean you spend more time managing the space and less time enjoying it.
Plant and flowers: Colours
Choosing a colour scheme basically boil down to this single question. Do you want flowering plants in your garden? If you do, then, as with all flowering plants, they will need some periodic maintenance. Perhaps the ideal solution would be to add bold dashes of colour by adding potted plants and wall plants.
Low maintenance garden upkeep
This will depend on your starting point. If you have plants and flowers etc that are unwanted then the majority of your project may be taken up with their removal.
Things you will need
- Add compost to soil to allow the ground rejuvenated with essential nutrients.
- Buy self-seeding plants. These plants will add colour year after year without any upkeep.
- Balance. Choose plants and flowers of various heights to populate each bed. This will give your garden a natural look and mean that as plants grow they will keep their initial layout shape.
- Buy books on the topic of low maintenance gardening. The more you now, the less time you will spend in the garden actually working.
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