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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, regardless of space or budget. For small yards and townhouses, work with existing features, use a limited colour palette, and add height with green walls or hanging plants.
For a low-maintenance garden, consider reducing lawns and choosing New Zealand native plants, which thrive with little care and attract local wildlife.
To save money:
- Plant perennials and use mulch to reduce watering.
- Ask friends and family for cuttings.
- Find affordable plants and materials on Trade Me.
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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