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21 low maintenance garden ideas NZ
Make keeping your outdoor areas easy peasy
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Create a beautiful, low-maintenance garden by choosing the right plants and setting it up for success. Select natives and evergreens suited to your specific location and soil for year-round interest.
Key strategies include:
- Using weed matting and mulch to suppress weeds
- Investing in an irrigation system to save time
- Replacing lawn with ground cover or durable hardscaping
Proper planting and a few minutes of daily care will keep your outdoor space effortlessly lush.
Low maintenance and productive can go hand-in-hand.
Wildflowers are a beautiful way to add colour to your garden without making work for yourself.
Sometimes a simple, easy garden is best.
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