Top Ways to Clear Up Your Front Garden

First impressions really do last, and if you're looking for ways to make the front yard of your home look great, then you need to start with clearing it up. You want to wow your visitors and passers by, and if you're actually planning on selling your house at any point, then you need to make the front yard look great so that people will want to buy it.

If you're looking to enhance your front garden, boost your curb appeal and give your home a little bit more respect, let's take a look at some of the top ways to clear up your front garden.

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1. Start cutting back the hedges. Armed with a bush trimmer, you can make your garden look amazing in an instant simply by tidying up the hedges and the bushes around the edge of it. Tidying up the bushes will change the appeal of your home because you're going to make it look instantly more attractive. People trim their hedges for a variety of reasons, but aesthetic appeal is definitely one of them.
2. Add a seating area. Outdoor sofas, a bench seat, or even a table and chairs on your porch makes your front garden look welcoming from the get go. It tells people that you'd love them to come and have a sit with you outside. Think about security though. You don't want to place anything valuable if your front yard is an unfenced one or if it's too close from a busy road. You should also consider adding some anti theft measures such as cameras or padlocks around the legs of your furniture.
3. Clear off any clutter. If your front yard has broken plant pots, broken swing sets, or the odd old hose that is now covered in cobwebs, it's time to come in and clear it all out. You don't need to have broken furniture around your front yard because it just gives a broken sofa or broken refrigerator look. Nobody wants that for their front of their home. You want to up the home's aesthetic, not make it look worse.
4. Hide the bins. If you have outdoor bins, you should think about making a cupboard for them so that you can hide them. Carefully position them behind a screen door so that you can keep them hidden, and consider an awning so that you can lock them away when necessary. Padlocked bins will look so much better because you don't have to look at them all the time and they won’t smell in the sun!
5. Tackle the lawn at last. Whether you bring the gardeners in with their power mowers or you have a mower yourself and you can do it, tackling the overgrown lawn and cutting back the grass can make a big difference to the look of your front garden. You need to get the weeds and Clover under control where you can. Repairing the bare spots of your grass means aerating the soil, adding some lawn seed, and ensuring that the area is kept completely moist. You need that new grass to sprout properly and this is the way that you can do that.
6. Give your mailbox a makeover. Repainting your mailbox and redoing the numbers on it can really make a difference to your front yard. You can take out the mailbox that came with the house and replace it with an entirely new one as well. It's an easy DIY job and there are so many styles that you can choose from, which means that you get to shop online and do some research. It's so much easier for people to find you when you have a visible mailbox that is bright and lit up properly.
7. Clean your planters. If you have large planters packed with flowers and other fruits and vegetables in your front yard, it's time to give them a clean. You want to give your front yard plenty of appeal, and flowers and plants in boxes can do that for you. Plants of various heights, textures and colors can add interest to the family of pots that you have, and you want to make sure that you've chosen plants that are eye-catching.
8. Give the front door a makeover, too. Refreshing the timber or taking the hinges off entirely and having a new front door can really elevate your front garden. People look at front doors as they walk past them. It's something we are all ingrained to do and it's a habit that's hard to break. If your front door is falling to bits, they're going to notice. You want to create a sense of harmony in your front yard, and replacing your front door can do that.