This is a stunning and colorful landscaped garden design with floral abundance and a feature water fountain and pond in the background. Welcome back to even more Landscape and Garden Design Ideas (Part 2) where we add to the previous gallery post of ideas with 30 more beautiful and stunning examples of fantastic landscaping and gardening designs. We adore beautiful landscape ideas and love sharing these with you. We do hope that what you find here provides some real inspiration when it comes to developing your own home landscape concepts and ideas.
We’re also adding some tips about landscaping your home to help you maximize your home value because investing in your own home garden area with good quality landscape design and quality plantings will definitely provide additional value to your home. There’s no definitive answer as to exactly what percentage increase you should expect when investing in your landscaping, however some people have invested sums of $20,000 in landscaping their yard and garden areas, and seen returns of up to $200,000 additional value within a year. So there is definite value in allocating a good portion of your makeover, or renovation budget to the landscaping of your home (if you are wanting to increase its desirability and its value)
Here are some interesting pointers from the Blog Article by Jacqui Thompson in 7 Landscaping Tips to Increase your Property’s Value
Fast facts:
- Trees increase value: Australian research found that a broad-leafed tree located on a street verge in front of a home increases the median property price
- Choose a leafy street: A case study, put together by an Australian City Council, found “leafy streets, with 50 per cent or more tree cover, contributed approximately 5 per cent more to the median house sale price.
- Landscaping achieves high-value returns: A Michigan University study found that homeowners achieved more than a 100 per cent return on every landscaping dollar spent – higher than any other home improvement.
- Good landscape design increases value: The same Michigan University research found good landscape design – as judged by plant type, size and design sophistication – increased perceived home value by around 5–11 per cent.
This is a mature garden landscape setting with small concrete tiled patio pad and a relaxed timber swing seat.
Matthew Carroll from Nursery & Garden Industry Australia and creator of online gardening resources Hortiman and Hortipedia provided his top 7 gardening tips for improving your home’s value.
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1. Defining lawn edges
At the very least mow and edge your lawn. Edging your lawn makes a garden (or yard) look restrained and tamed, which gives it the appearance of lower maintenance – a popular selling point.
Add interest to your garden landscape with features like this amazing garden water feature design which is an extension to an adjacent pond.
2. Solve problems with plants
Addressing your property’s shortfalls such as busy roads or being overlooked by neighbours can be solved by planting-out your gardens. Plants may not initially create a full visual barrier, or any real sound improvement, but the perceived improvement from a buyer’s point of view will be worth it.
Including beautiful decorative feature pieces like this home garden granite marble waterfall pond set in a landscaped garden will definitely make your visual landscape interesting to the eye.
3. Mulch and weed
Weeding and mulching your plant beds will help your garden appear low-maintenance and well kept. Choose a utility mulch such as pine bark or forest fines, as they look neater, and when you’re selling, it’s less about function and more about appearance.
Stunning well designed landscaped garden path with tall shaped side walls covered in beautiful pink flowers.
4. Limit the number of plant species
Minimising the number of plant species in your garden will make your garden appear easier to maintain and give it a more uniform look. Don’t be afraid to create some plant diversity as it does encourage biodiversity, is good for the local ecology, helps reduce pest impact, extends flowering times and generally looks more interesting, but just don’t go overboard.
A great looking landscaped garden pathway adorned on the side with decorative pots, pedestals and statues.
5. Lay new lawn
A lush lawn will make any home sparkle. If you need to plant new grass seed, or start over from scratch, choose a grass option that you can afford but that will still look good and be relatively easy to maintain. If your lawn is looking a bit patchy or has browned-off over the hotter months, you could over-sow with a lawn seed blend typically made up primarily of fescue and rye grasses. This will thicken up and green the lawn. Alternatively, you could look to lay ‘ready lawn’ (Pre grown lawn that can be delivered and laid in strips without having to wait for the seed to grow)
A new suburban Australian townhouse with newly landscaped garden plantings.
6. Add colour and form
Add welcoming planters to entranceways featuring clipped topiary, and ensure you fill any other pots in garden areas with bright flowering annuals or perennials to give your garden an immediate lift.
Nicely decorated landscaped colorful flowerbed with flowers, stones and bushes set within a beautifully edged and trimmed lawn.
7. Prune conservatively
The aim is to make your home look well-maintained and cared for, and pruning or tidying up plants and trees will achieve great results, but don’t get too carried away, you don’t want your garden to look hacked bare.
Backyard inground swimming pool with landscaped garden, gazebo, deck and stone patio
Walk way in beautiful landscaped garden with small waterfall and relaxing seat
Lovely front of house landscaped garden with paving stones and plantings
Lush green landscaped garden with perennial plants and statue near stone wall
A beautiful landscaped pebbled pathway and boardwalk in the garden
Stunning mature landscape design with an abundant display of white and pink flowers
A moss laden rock landscape design
A landscape designed pathway with lighting and plants
Nice landscape design of a rear yard with tiered timber edging and coniferous plantings
A beautiful home with extensive landscaping design in the garden
Interesting landscaping in the garden with a concrete tile path, pebbles and spherical boulders
Contemporary home with deck bridging a pond, a pair of yellow loungers, and a landscaped yard
Landscaped garden with two dining table sets, pergola, and trellis walls
A waterfall into a swimming pool in a tropical landscaped backyard
A curved walkway in the garden leading to a beautiful summerhouse set in a mature landscaped yard
Natural stone landscaped pathway and retaining wall in front of a house
Amazing landscaped rock pathway meandering between flower beds in the garden and a carefully trimmed and edged lawn. Stunning display.
Beautifully crafted brick stepped pathway immersed in a garden landscape
Natural stone multi-tiered garden bed landscaping in a newly planted home garden with piped irrigation system
Lush compact landscaped backyard flower garden with flowerbed and gazebo covering table and chairs
Natural garden landscaping with oriental themed pond with goldfish and spouting water
Scenic view of of a mature landscaped peaceful and lush green garden setting with a comfy relaxed and peaceful seat
To see Part One of this two-part post on Landscape and Garden Design Ideas, click here