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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
. 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.
Useful links
Buy plants and
flowers
Buy garden furniture
Read books on gardening,
garden design and plants
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