Residential Guidebook Residential Guidebook 2013 | Page 54

IMPROVING Give Your Garden TLC W And improve your kerb appeal hether you are attempting to entice tenants or have decided to sell your propert y, one thing that is often overlooked is kerb appeal. An attractive and wellmaintained landscape can add as much as 10% to the value of your home. Getting your garden into top shape doesn’t require large amounts of money or time; here are the top tips to make your garden a green pleasure instead of an eyesore. Spruce up outdoor containers. Container plants, especially large tropicals, add considerable interest to patios and doorways where would-be buyers enter and exit the house. Such displays also demonstrate the endless possibilities for designing with container plants. Touch up the mulch. Nothing spruces up a place like a new application of mulch, so apply a fresh layer in all your garden beds. The colour enhances the contrast of the surrounding plants and makes everything pop. What’s more, mul ???????????????????????????)??????)A?????????????????????M??????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????((??()I?????????!????????????()M??????????????????????????????)I??????????????????????e????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????Q???????????)???????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????%?e????????????????????????????)????????????????????)Q????????????????????Q??????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????e????????)?????????????????%??????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????) ???????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????e?????)??????????????????????????????????????????)I?????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????)A???????????????????? ?????????????)?????????????????????????????????????]??)??????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????A????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????()??????????????((