7 Easy Ways to Improve your Garden

Looking after your garden can be a pleasure if you make it. If you stay on top of the basics, you will enjoy visits from friends and family in the afternoon at the weekend without dreading negative comments about areas you’ve neglected. Below are some top tips on how you can improve your garden without breaking the bank.

Look after your lawn

For most gardens, the lawn is the centre piece that provides a satisfying glow. By looking after your lawn you can really enhance the way your garden looks and feels. This may require lawn feed and commitment but the end result will be worth it. Cutting into the edges is also a good idea. It will require some effort to get the shape you want but with efficient use of a half moon edger or a shade, you can easily shape your lawn. After you will need to remove the surplus soil away from the edges but this won’t take too long and will provide your garden with an element of style that really provides added appeal.

Encourage Wildlife

When it comes to encouraging animals to your garden, most will suggest that you will need to make your garden grow more wildly than you may want. This is not always the case and you can bring animals such as hedgehogs, squirrels and birds to visit your garden without the need of overgrown grass and shrubs. You will, however, need trees, shrubs, and flowers to provide the animals with shelter as they use these areas for protection.

With other animals such as squirrels, you will definitely need trees. Trees such as the nut tree are ideal for attracting squirrels and birds. The nuts produced will encourage the animal to return knowing that food will be available.

For more birds you will want to combine trees with a bird table and a birdbath. When trying to encourage birds you will most likely attract other forms of wildlife.

Use Garden Urns

Georgian urn with Terracotta Red Finish

One of the more popular curb appeal garden ideas used by many homeowners is to add garden urns. The type of urn you use will depend on your style, but it goes without saying that the right option will add personality to your garden. Garden urns can be used as an ornament or can be used to plant flowers. When planting flowers you will need to ensure that there are drainage holes. As garden urns are typically made from concrete, they will not always have holes for drainage. This is not an issue, however as you can simply use a technique referred to as double potting. When double potting, however, make sure your internal pot has drainage holes and regularly irrigates to help the flowers grow.

Paint Your Fences and Shed

Homeowners often forget to paint their garden fences and shed. It’s one of them tasks that may feel unrewarding but once done you will benefit from well-maintained wood, a more appealing garden aesthetic, and happier neighbours! It typically takes an afternoon to complete the whole task and if done with the right people it can be quite entertaining. Be sure to buy the best paint for your fence type and choose a colour that you like.

Maintain Your Patio

Maintaining your patio by calling a professional or doing it yourself using a pressure washer will really make your garden stand out. Combine a nice and clean patio with a well-treated lawn and you will soon have friends and neighbours asking for ways to improve their garden. It is a fun task so you will most likely have fun doing it. Once done you can add accessories around the patio to add extra appeal.

Remove Weeds

Simply removing weeds from the garden will make the environment a much more enjoyable place to be in. Weeds grow in all places including out of the patio so you will need to regularly keep on top of this. You can use weed-killing products or simply dig them out. The technique you use will depend on where they are located and how tricky they are to remove. In some cases, you can just pull them out but in others, you may need to scrape or spray.

Add Garden Furniture

Lutyen Style Bench in Tropical Hardwood

Adding garden furniture such as benches and table sets gives you and your friends a place to relax when in the garden. It is very inviting and can also invite the animals you attract to your garden to visit you even closer! You can buy garden furniture brand new, buy used and restore or look for stylish reclaimed garden furniture. Whatever you choose, be sure to go with what you want. Whether it’s mainstream, quirky or simply not what others would pick, don’t worry! Your garden is exactly that and you should enjoy the environment you are in without feeling any judgment. If your choice of garden furniture matches your garden, be happy knowing you have picked the best option based on your own personal preferences.


There are many other ways you can improve a garden such as regularly watering your plants, upgrading your patio, adding new flowers and even adding a water feature, but the above seven are quite easy fixes that can be done without too much financial strain or time. If you’re not 100% confident with a number of gardening tasks such as painting the fences or edging your lawn, ask for help. Make looking after your garden enjoyable and you will find a new hobby that you’ll truly enjoy.