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Create street appeal with these simple landscaping ideas
Here’s what to think about when you embark on your garden design project.
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Enhance your home’s street appeal with simple landscaping, no matter the size of your property. For small yards and townhouses, work with existing features, use vertical gardens for height, and plan the design with indoor views in mind.
For a low-maintenance garden, consider reducing lawn space and planting New Zealand natives to attract local wildlife. To stick to a budget:
- Use perennials and mulch
- Ask friends and family for cuttings
- Check Trade Me for affordable plants and materials.
Stunning landscaping for small front yards
This simple landscaping plan at a Queenstown home designed by KOIA Architects utilises borrowed views of the dramatic surrounding alpine environment to enhance the private garden experience. Image: John Williams.
Contemporary garden design for townhouses
Using layered foliage this small garden creates a lush backdrop oozing with street appeal.
How to keep your landscaping low maintenance
Here, a Paul Dibble sculpture is used as the focal point. This home designed by Jessop Architects unfolds around a simple, low maintenance garden designed by Jared Lockhart. Image - John Williams.
Landscaping on a budget? Consider these ideas to create a private oasis
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