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A low maintenance garden is ideal for those who may not want to spend too much time in the garden weeding, pruning, mowing, and other green fingered tasks. Some may find gardening fun and therapeutic, whereas others may see it as a chore that they would simply rather not do. 

Below, you’ll find instructions to create your very own low maintenance garden. Take a look:

Keep Your Varieties Of Plant Low

The fewer plant varieties you have in your garden, the more time you’ll have to yourself. You could even get rid of all plants and lay a gravel garden, which won’t actually look as bland and colourless as you might think. There’s nothing quite as low maintenance as a gravel garden! 

It’s a good idea to look into safe plants for pets if you have cats and dogs that spend time in the garden. Certain plants can be toxic and you should avoid having them in your garden altogether. 

Know Where To Spend Your Time For The Best Results 

Low maintenance gardening means making every minute you spend outdoors tending to your garden count. Which features in your garden do you find yourself interacting with the most? When you know what you tend to use and enjoy the most, you know what you need to focus on. If you love having people in your garden and socialising, then a nice seating area will work wonders and will help you to enjoy your garden so much more. 

Look At Your Soil

Soil testing is one of the best possible things you can do to learn more about your soil and what it needs. Feeding your plants is important, you won’t need to do this nearly as much if you find out what type of soil you have and then care for it. 

Keeping Your Grass Lush And Green

Everybody wants lush, green grass. You can do this by making sure you don’t cut it too short, and that you fertilise it every so often. If you struggle, you could even look at artificial grass samples to see if that could be something you need. Artificial grass will withstand pet mess and other things that regular grass can not, although it does still need a little maintenance. 

Use Technology

There are plenty of apps you can use to remind yourself when you need to do certain tasks, as well as pick up great tips to take care of things with little hassle. 

What Not To Do If You Want A Low Maintenance Garden

• Introduce containers – looking after container plants is demanding and they will need all kinds of care, eventually needing to be repotted. 
• Disregarding plants needs – if you do decide to have plants in your garden, make sure you know what they need in terms of light and watering frequency. 
• Painting/Staining your fencing and furniture – it’ll look great when it’s done, but you will eventually need to do all of this again. 

How will you create your low maintenance garden?