7 Beautiful Landscaping Ideas on a Budget

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7 Beautiful Landscaping Ideas on a Budget
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Introduction

• There are two aspects to creating a truly
  beautiful home. The first involves your kitchen,
  bedroom, bathroom and other inner spaces. The
  second involves areas immediately outside your
  home. Both aspects are connected to and
  complement each other. Which is why a home
  renovation should focus on both aspects for the
  maximum impact. But as is the case with most
  renovations, the homes interior corners the
  lions share of the renovation budget. This
  leaves very little money to spend for the
  landscaping, which can be a real bummer.
• But what if theres a way to make your home look
  great on the outside without quite breaking the
  bank. Landscaping ideas on a budget do just that
  for you. Consisting of a mix of soft
  landscaping and hard landscaping, these are
  affordable ideas that help tidy-up your home on
  the outside.

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1) May be a haircut is all thats needed

• Its amazing how getting rid of unwanted shrubs,
  long grass, trees and driveway overgrowth can
  reveal a lovely garden underneath. The same holds
  for your landscape as it can be brought to life
  if you do the little things like edging the
  driveway and pathways, laying fresh gravel where
  needed and repainting furniture and fences.
  Although the results are spectacular, the work
  needed can be back breaking and keep you busy for
  a couple of weekends at least. If you want to
  avoid that, better hire a professional gardening
  or landscaping firm.

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2) Consider adding a path

• Adding a path is a great way to create a focal
  point for your garden and breathe new life into
  your landscape. Something like a resin bound
  pathway also lets you choose a colour that
  complements your house and sets apart your
  garden.
• Resin bound material is nothing but aggregate or
  gravel mixed with resin. It offers a lot of
  advantages over other materials and is fast
  becoming the paving material of choice with
  homeowners all over the UK. Thanks to the variety
  of colours and finishes resin bound material
  offers, you can really jazz up your pathway, and
  if the budget permits, your driveway too.

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3) Fill up the flower beds

• Has all the cleaning left you with usable flower
  beds? If so, you can fill them up with colourful
  plants. And since we are talking of
  budget landscaping ideas for the front of house,
  avoid going for expensive plants. Simple, cheap
  and jolly perennials like fuchsias and geraniums
  would do just fine. Since these plants grow each
  year unfailingly, your landscape will come alive
  with beautiful colours.

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4) A new driveway perhaps

• What is this doing in a list of affordable front
  yard landscaping ideas, you might wonder aloud?
  Well, there is no denying that the driveway is
  central to the appearance of any landscape. When
  you are on a budget, you can at least try to make
  it look better, if not overhaul it completely.
• For instance, if your existing concrete or tarmac
  driveway is in good condition, you can have it
  directly paved over with a resin bound mixture.
  This saves you a lot of money and gives you a
  driveway guaranteed to be the cynosure of all
  eyes.

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5) Install new lighting

• Mention landscape lighting and people invariably
  think of elaborate fixtures or arrangements that
  cost a bomb not only to buy and install but to
  operate as well. Instead, you can simply go for
  battery or solar powered lights that can be
  programmed to turn on at sundown. Fairy lights
  for the trees, cane lights for the garden, lights
  for the pathway and wall lights for the house can
  each make your home look spectacularly good, on a
  budget.

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6) Say no to right angles

• Most landscapes feature square- or
  rectangle-shaped gardens or lawns. Both these
  shapes look staid and uninspiring, unlike curves.
  Similar to sweeping curved driveways, gardens and
  lawns sporting curves look less haphazard and
  more elegant than their right-angled
  counterparts. Infusing your landscape with a few
  curves is also pretty easy if you do it yourself.
  A spade, a spray paint can to outline the curve
  and a few hours on the weekend are all youll
  need for the purpose. But if you find the going
  tough, professional landscapers can always help
  you out.

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7) Reusing recycling can be useful

• A garden area dotted with small artefacts,
  interesting structures and cute seating
  arrangements looks far more inviting than a plain
  Jane garden. That said, dont go shopping for
  them. Instead, think of something along the lines
  of reclaimed garden tables and chairs, tree
  stumps, fence panels or even sleepers. There is
  no limit to the number of things you can
  repurpose for using in the garden. Why send it to
  the landfill when you can use it to make the
  garden look good and save money in the process!

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