Enhancing Your Landscape To Sell Your Home

Downsizing? Movin’ on up? It seems the housing market has a permanent spot in the nightly news these days. If you’re one of the throngs of homeowners looking to sell your current home, you’ve probably gotten lots of advice on how to make your house more attractive to prospective buyers. Removing photos and clutter. Air freshener that smells of apple pie. A fresh coat of paint.

Well don’t forget the outside of your home, since that’s the first thing buyers will see. Many of the same principles apply outdoors as in. Clear away clutter and toys, repair cracks, keep things clean... About’s Guide to Landscaping has a few more tips on Enhancing Real Estate Value Through Home Landscaping. As gardeners, we might think that our landscapes would be the envy of every on-looker. In reality many buyers are intimidated by large gardens, which they view as high maintenance. David has some interesting insights that even those of us not yet ready to sell should take into account. Like choosing dwarf trees instead of majestic beauties, when pruning is likely to become an issue.

Of course, you could always take your plants with you when you move. I’ve known people to do it.