Getting your garden right is a fantastic way to enhance the space you’ve got and spruce up your exteriors with added wow factor. Suddenly, you’ll find yourself wanting to spend time outside and, entertain friends outdoors, and enjoy an aspect of your house that you might not have even considered until now. But, before that’s possible, you will need to tackle the sometimes-dreaded garden design hurdle.
The sad fact is that, while most of us have some idea of how we would like our homes to look inside, it’s not unusual for us to draw a total blank when it comes to outside spaces. Luckily, platforms like Pinterest do have plenty of garden inspo if you know where to look. What’s more, with wild meadow gardens very much in style, you don’t need to be as stringent and knowledgeable here as you might assume. In fact, it’s possible to create a pretty good looking garden with very little know-how. Simply make sure that, during design and implementation, you avoid these rookie gardening mistakes.
High maintenance planting
As can be seen from sites like gardena.com, it’s entirely possible to achieve a fantastic finish without requiring an excessive workload, and avoiding high-maintenance flowers like dahlias is the best way to do it. Mainly, you want to consider planting perennial flowers like valerian that grow back every year without needing to buy new bulbs, turn over flower beds, etc. If in doubt, do a quick search on the flower in question – if it requires yearly planting, then you might be best off steering clear.
Trees too close to your house
Trees large and small can be excellent garden additions, but, as many homeowners have learnt the hard way, a poorly planted tree can cause significant issues. Namely, planting trees too close to the house can lead to light blockages that have you regretting your choice. In even more extreme cases, root damage or moisture buildup could see you needing to contact a company like cdanielsfoundations.com.au when the foundations of your property start to suffer. To give your trees and your sanity a fighting chance, try to understand root systems in advance, and always choose a planting spot that’s at least 20cm from your exterior walls. On the other hand, you might need to get trees on your property removed if they’re proving to be problematic, or at the very least trimmed down instead. If this is so, then the best thing to do is look for a tree service Jacksonville FL or in whichever town you need so the professionals can have a look, as tree removal can be potentially dangerous to those untrained.
Doing away with borders
This is a tricky one because – as mentioned – wildflower-style gardens are all the rage and offer a fantastic opportunity to simplify garden design. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean you can do away with borders unless you want to spend hours cleaning things up every week. The simple fact is that borders, whatever form they take, help keep things in check and looking good even if you aren’t out there constantly neatening everything. So, even if you want to go for the wild look, make sure that you have some kind of border in place to make your life at least a little easier when it comes to keeping everything neat and tidy!
Keep these in the ‘definitely not list,’ and you should find that you’re perfecting garden design at long last.
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