Garden Supplies | Landscaping Supplies: Adding Value

If you are in the process of selling your home, or just wanting a relatively cheap and easy way to freshen it up, you could do worse than take a trip to one of your nearest garden stores and pick up some landscaping supplies.

Last summer I decided that we needed to improve the landscaping at the front of our house. We had a plastic edging surrounding the perennials that we had planted along the garden path. The edging would heave out of the ground each spring with the frost and it did nothing to enhance the flowers. I decided that we should use landscaping blocks to replace the plastic edging.

When we went to the garden stores to get our gardening supplies we found a number of items that would help improve the look of the front garden. We found that the blocks we were interested in came in several colours along with coordinating stones that could be used to create a garden path. We chose blocks that had several shades of gray in them. We also included heavy plastic and anchors in the garden supplies. We were going to use the plastic to put underneath decorative rock to prevent weed growth. We stopped at the nursery to order the decorative rock. While we were at the nursery we chose several shrubs to place in the rocked areas. This completed the equipment that we needed to do the project.

Our next door neighbour saw us driving in with our supplies. He came over and offered to help with the project. As we were working another neighbour came over to see what we were doing in the garden. He also began helping with the project. With the additional help we soon had everything unloaded from the trailer and work on the project began.

I started removing the plastic edging that had been in place. We cut this up in smaller pieces and placed it in heavy duty rubbish bags to be disposed of. The guys started placing the blocks by digging a shallow trench. This allowed the blocks to be buried about halfway, leaving three inches exposed to hold back the decorative rocks as well as the dirt in the perennial area. We had thought that this project would take a week to complete by working a few hours each evening. With the additional help we received from the neighbours we were able to finish the project over the weekend.

The blocks, along with the new shrubs and rock, have greatly improved the appearance of our front garden. The cost of the landscaping materials was quite reasonable because we picked them up ourselves and did the labour. Having the neighbours involved in the project not only helped us to complete the task faster, but also made completing the project fun. Next weekend we are going to help the neighbours complete the landscaping ideas they have for their garden.

Landscaping Supplies: Adding Value

By Arthur Scott