Most gardeners love tinkering outside with plants, fertilisers and mulch, but not all homeowners are gardeners! If you’re in the latter category it’s important to note that you don’t have to be an avid gardener to increase your property’s value via landscaping.
All you need to do is follow these five steps and even if you’re not a gardener at heart, you’ll still increase the value of your home.
1. Garden design
Without a proclivity for gardening, you might not know where to start in your garden. So it’s worth talking to a landscaping expert who can help you create a design that works for you and can be maintained easily. Letting them know that your priority is to increase your property’s value via landscaping gives them a clear focus for the design.
2. Plant trees
Trees help us feel relaxed and part of nature but they also clean the air and provide both privacy and shade. All of these benefits appeal to buyers but if there are privacy issues in your garden, then a lovely healthy tree is the perfect solution.
3. Add colour
It’s easy to add colour to your garden with mass plantings; if they attract bees and native birds, then all the better! So head down to your local nursery, ask for help selecting the best flowering plants for your garden and the result will be instant curb appeal.
4. Edge lawns
Learning how to correctly edge your lawns will make a huge difference to your curb appeal. A sharp edge to your lawn shows buyers that you are willing to put the time and effort into maintaining your property. A clean edge looks good whether it’s along a pathway, driveway or garden bed.
5. Maintenance
If you have a simple garden design with a few flowering plants, it’s not difficult to keep it looking great. Just mow, whipper snip and edge the lawns, remove dead plants and keep weeds away with a thick layer of mulch. Landscaping is one of the easiest ways to increase your home’s value!