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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.

Last updated: 27 February 2024 | 4 min read

AI summary

Boost your home's street appeal with simple landscaping. For small yards and townhouses, use vertical planting, limited colour palettes, and incorporate 'borrowed views' from neighbouring properties.

Create a low-maintenance garden by reducing lawn space and planting New Zealand natives, which require less care and attract local wildlife.

On a budget, plant perennials, use mulch to save water, and check Trade Me for affordable plants, seeds, and landscaping materials to create your private oasis.

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.