If you want to boost your front garden’s kerb appeal, it’s pretty easy to do, and can also enhance the value of your property.
Use no-dig gardening to protect wildlife. Use fruit protection bags (over netting, which can trap birds and wildlife). Learn how to create pet-friendly gardens (use humane slug/snail deterrents).
Avoid facing indoor foliage to outdoor gardens, to help stop birds flying into windows.
- The Organic Natural Paint Co recommends Graphenstone and Auro for exterior walls, to protect walls from heat/moisture, and improve insulation.
- Lifetime is a nontoxic varnish and linseed paint is good for doors/frames (highly flammable, so store leftovers in water).
- Keep things subtle to not affect neighbouring properties. Remove ‘path clutter’.
- Use solar outdoor lighting that goes off when not in use, to avoid light pollution. Report broken street lights to Fix My Street.
- Live simply to avoid overflowing rubbish bins.
- Use eco-cleaning products for your windows and donate/sell/recycle clutter to make a picture window, to enjoy the views from your sofa. This lets natural light in (block off unsafe outdoor areas from children and pets).
Assessing Your Current Front Yard
- Research your soil, to know the best types of plants to use.
- What do you want? A splash of colour, or a quiet place to reflect.
- What is your budget? You don’t want to run out of money half-way through.
- Create a plan: a charming cottage rose garden or a peaceful Zen space?
- Consider the walkway – a stone patio, fences for privacy etc.
- Where will you site a water butt, to hydrate plants?
