Getting your garden into a state that you can be proud of doesn’t require as much money as you might think. Of course, suppose you want your garden to be fully decked out with top-of-the-range materials, décor, and furniture and to be entirely designed by a professional landscape gardener. In that case, it’s going to cost you significantly. However, there are ways in which you can decorate and design your garden on a strict budget and still have things looking delightful once you’re finished. To help you with this, we’ve listed four affordable ways that you can improve your garden.
Upcycle Old Belongings
One of the best and most affordable ways to decorate your garden is to use materials and items you already own. If you’ve recently had a clear-out of broken or unused items, especially after renovating your home, you might have lots of things left over that could be utilised in your garden. Everything from old, broken stepladders and chairs to shelves and jars can be turned into some quirky and fun décor. Using some of these great upcycling ideas for the garden will allow you, with a bit of work, to turn some things destined for the tip into cute and fun furniture and decorations.
Create A Pleasant Sitting Area
Making use of your upcycled furniture and decorations, you should create a focal point in your garden in the form of a sitting area. When you add an area like this to your garden, it can draw a lot of attention away from any areas that might not have had a lot of work done to them yet. You can do several different things to your sitting area, including adding a firepit to make those evenings much more enjoyable and hanging things like fairy lights and solar lamps, which are all inexpensive lighting options. Don’t forget to cover this sitting area with a shelter of some kind, such as a lean-to pergola with a roof. You can build these fairly cheaply using reclaimed wood and PVC for the roof itself. This will provide sturdy protection for you against the elements.
Give The Place A Clean
There is another great option for improving your garden, which doesn’t require adding anything to the place. Sometimes all a garden needs for it to look brand new and taken care of is a wash. You can clean many things in your garden to help things look nice. Use a jet washer to spruce up your furniture, paving slabs, and even the exterior walls of your house. Clean things like mirrors and other decorations, remove any grime and rust and clean out excessive blanket weed in your pond, and you’ll see a vast improvement.
Choose A Grass Path
One thing that gets very expensive when designing a garden is the materials you choose. Most notably, this would include paving and aggregates that you’d use to create patios and pathways. However, one way you can reduce the number of materials needed, or entirely remove them from the equation, is to carve out a path or sitting area amidst your grass. If you allow your lawn to start growing wild, which also helps if you want to rewild your garden, you can then mow a path into it as well as any other areas such as your sitting area, without having to spend a fortune on slabs or gravel, for example.