Being on a tight budget doesn’t always mean you won’t be able to hire a professional landscaping company. It really just means that you have to find the right option that works for you. Below we’ve compiled a few ways you can update and refresh your yard by hiring a professional landscaping company all while staying on YOUR budget. These simple landscaping ideas are perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to break the bank or for anyone who just wants to enjoy their yard again.
Save Money by Reducing Lawn Size
Have a big yard and find yourself spending money on weed killers, grass seed, and spending needless hours mowing? IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS! By reducing your lawn size you can easily save money. Expand your garden, let the weeds takeover (only the good ones) or create a bigger patio. All three of these ideas will reduce your lawn size, require less work, and therefore less money in the long run.
When expanding your garden, there’s plenty of ideas that don’t require much up-keep. Shrubs, trees, perennials, and even garden decor like sculptures or ponds. You could also add larger beds of mulch or decorative rocks.
A certain number of weeds in the lawn is actually OK. Lawns with some diversity remain healthier than lawns reduced to a monoculture. While crabgrass may be unacceptable, there are some “good” weeds you should be willing to tolerate, such as wild violet (Viola sororia). These violets are not only pretty but also edible. Another beneficial weed is clover, which is a nitrogen-fixer, sharing this ability with other cover crops in the pea family. Clover will fertilize your lawn at no cost, thereby freeing you from adhering to a lawn-fertilizing schedule and saving you from spending money on chemical fertilizers.
Hardscape Doesn’t Need to Break the Bank
Wanting to add a patio? What about a water garden, a fire pit, or even an outdoor cooking station? All of these hardscaping ideas don’t need to break the bank. Find your own stones to have a hardscaper create a waterfall out of. You could also find bricks or pavers at a local hardware store when they go on sale. The possibilities are endless! Be creative.
Do Your Research and Find Cheap Plants
With a little effort, you can easily find cheaper plants to put in your garden. Research online ones that tend to be less money than others. This usually means they are local to the environment and not having to be shipped out. For example, your landscaper might have a nursery or works directly with one. Find plants that are at the nursery already and not ones that are a special order.
You could also look at the plants you already have. Can you split them up and replant them? Do they have seeds you can harvest? Many plants can actually grow from clippings!
Visiting supermarkets is another idea to find cheap plants. They don’t specialize in plants like a nursery, so many of their plants might be wilted and not as healthy. However, with a little TLC and patience, these plants can come back and look like a million bucks in your garden! All the while, saving you money!
Landscaping on a budget doesn’t mean settling for a shabby-looking yard. From plants to patios, from window boxes to water features, you can save money while hiring a landscaper to design an attractive yard without having to break the bank. Which is why we’ve created this FREE guide for you to download and print while you are planning out your next landscape project.
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