A low-maintenance garden
Do you spend copious amounts of time working hard in the garden, leaving little time to sit back and enjoy it?
We suggest contacting a local gardening business to help you out with landscaping or take on these tips to turn your garden into a low-maintenance garden.
GARDENING TIPS
- Group thirsty plants together.
- Install watering systems to save time watering by hand.
- Build or buy raised wooden planters.
They will be easier to maintain and save your back from bending over. - Avoid hedges and topiary that need regular pruning.
- Choose native plants as they will grow with less work.
- Give self-watering plant pots a go.
- Less lawn = less mowing.
- Groundcover plants will give your garden beds a great carpet of textures and act as natural weed barriers.
- Climbers are the perfect way to extend your growing space and you can paint or stain the surface before planting for a low-maintenance, high-impact look.
- Embrace a bit of wildness, if you don’t get hung up on the garden being perfect and emrace the quirks of natural, it will make the garden a lot less work.
