How To Give Your Garden A Makeover On A Budget
Consider a makeover on a budget during winter. We tend to neglect our gardens in winter as we’re too occupied with cosying up and keeping warm indoors, but you shouldn’t do as a garden is as important as any other prominent feature of your house.
Give your garden a glance now and how would you evaluate it?
If you feel it could do with a bit of a lift, you don’t have to go to great expense to get it looking good again as there are lots of budget-friendly things you can do that will renew its appeal.
Upcycle household items
Any empty jars that you have can be given a new life by washing them out first and then popping some LED lights inside which you can hang from any trees. It’ll give the garden a beautiful warm glow at night.
You can also create a colourful flower and herb display on an old wooden pallet or crate (painted and varnished) that you either press up against a fence or mount on a wall. With some treatment, pallets and crates can also make great garden tables.
Really thinking outside of the box, turn an unwanted pair of Wellington boots into a set of planters and you’ve got a creative makeover on a budget.
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Keep an eye out for discounted plants
It’s almost time for the post-Christmas sales period and many local Garden Centres will participate in it, often selling off plants that need planting up or have reached the end of their flowering season, making a makeover on a budget entirely possible.
See if you can get any cut-price Primulas, Irises, Snowdrops etc. that you can pot in your available containers and watch grow over the coming months.
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Cover an old patio with an outdoor rug
The cost of repairing and cleaning a patio can be expensive. When you’re trying to makeover on a budget, hide any cracks, uneven areas and dirtiness from view by putting down a vibrant rug on it.
Find one that’s waterproof, durable, easy to clean and covers enough surface area to prevent your patio from becoming any more unkempt.
It could be a useful stopgap while you save up the money to get your patio back in peak condition.
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