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Everyone wants a great, lush garden with their favourite plants where they can relax and the children can play. My dad is a garden enthusiast, he has a garden others would die for with a great, decades old walnut tree housing the grandchildren’s swings. With rose bushes, lavender and neatly cut shrubs. He even managed to tuck away a little vegetable garden at the bottom of the garden for himself as my mum doesn’t like the view of them – she only appreciate the flowers and trees. He planted strawberries, raspberries and blackberries for the grandchildren to pick. He adores his garden and spends the whole day out there, no matter the weather. But not everyone can afford all the time he puts into his beautiful garden – indeed, he has already retired so he has all the free time to maintain his garden.
If you have a garden and you really want to make it look beautiful but don’t have the time to maintain it, I have a few tips for you – straight from my gardening expert dad.
What is the Lazy Gardening Method?
The Lazy Gardening Method is an effortless approach to cultivating plants while minimizing labor and maintenance. This technique emphasizes working with nature rather than forcing things almost against it.
Efficient strategies focus on:
- mulching,
- companion planting,
- adding native plants
- prioritize low-maintenance plants,
This method is perfect for busy people or those looking to enjoy a more relaxed gardening experience.
1 Eclectic wildflower corner
Dedicate a lovely little corner of your garden to seed wild flowers, without having to re-plant seeds or plants every year. It’s low maintenance, looks very pretty and natural. If you like effortless natural garden beauty – this tip is for you. You can separate this corner by using rockery stone to make it more garden-like.
A mini meadow in your garden can help the bees, the butterflies and other pollinators too as well as planting native wild flowers support biodiversity. Check out my article about 21 UK Native Wildflowers to Grow in Your Garden you can plant in your garden.
2 Save water – and watering time
A lot of fairly newly cultured vegetables and fruits need lots of lots of water. You can save money, time and energy by planting more draught resistant plants like rhubarb (it’s now very trendy too! Check out my rhubarb puree in this gin recipe: Cranberry – Rhubarb Gin Cocktail Recipe), asparagus (star of every dinner party), eggplant, peppers, artichoke, beans and cantaloupe. Check for the exact variety though.
Setting up a water butt can also help to reduce water usage, you can set it up right next to the garden and easy to connect it to a watering pipe. A standard water butt can hold over 200 litres of water, and will quickly fill up over the winter months.
3 Gardener service
On a long term, if you want to enjoy a beautiful looking garden, you can always check for quote and find the best gardening service for yourself both in price and quality. It will definitely save the headache and all the effort for you.
4 Choose low-maintenance plants
This is a crucial point if you really want to save time on disliked gardening jobs, let it be seeding, digging or composting. Berries, potatoes, leafy greens or flowers like cosmos, daylily and yarrow are all low-maintenance plants to use.
5 Invest in prevention
Mowing high for example is one of them. Set your mower on a high setting, so you can reduce water and fertiliser usage. Also, the higher grass will protect the weeds that come up in your lawn. Or plant in bigger drifts. Plants don’t like other types right next to them. Bigger drifts means that a type of plant will get a larger surface of soil to inhabit and work on and they just love that!