Following a long winter or without due inspiration, it is easy for garden space to become neglected and disused. When this happens, a property loses a significant portion of its value since residents will no longer enjoy the home in its entirety. To make matters worse, when subjected to the weather, gardens can become overgrown and end up in disarray, leaving it unpleasant to look at for you and your neighbours.
There are simple ways, however, to bring vitality back to your outdoor space. Considerations that will help you to once again enjoy a garden or encourage you to make better use of a balcony. Even if you are not looking to improve the value of your home for sale, it is still worthwhile transforming a garden for the happiness it can bring you.
Choice Plants
A neglected garden will fall into the hands of nature. This means that weeds will make their way through your flowers and, ultimately, begin to secure their place in your garden. Over time, they can even impact your home and welcome pests.
If you are planning on keeping plants in your garden, then consider what should and shouldn’t be there. Certain plants require little maintenance, others can be confined successfully to pots. Depending on your preferences, it might even be worth choosing flowers with strong aromas or those that encourage bees to help your home feel closer to nature by design.
Social Space
Using your garden as a social space can help to restore its vitality. Whether through a dining area that is shared with friends or with a decking area for you and your family to relax upon. Some homeowners are even seeking to find log cabins for sale as a renovation project that can become a guest house or an entertainment space.
Inspired Colours
The greys of concrete and the fading brown of plastic terracotta-style pots will not bring much joy to your garden. While it would be worthwhile to invest in more considered designs, a simple way to inspire your exterior space is to liven it with colour. Try adding bold and bright tones to your garden, whether along fences or on pots. Even small changes in colour can lift an entire space.
Grow Ingredients
A garden’s utility need not be entirely for relaxation. In fact, a number of residents are finding new utility in their outdoor spaces by turning them into smallholdings. Growing your own vegetables and fruits in raised beds is an excellent way to go about it but others find just as much brilliance in keeping chickens or even bees too.
Introduce A Theme
Introducing a theme into your garden can be the prompt you need to start improving its design and enjoying its natural space more regularly. Take, for example, the style of a zen garden, which brings about a sense of tranquillity. Others will find tropical plants, with their amazing aesthetics, to be the style they adore. Whatever you choose, a theme can help you to quickly discover a new fondness for a garden space.
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