Planning
Too Much?
Here are four ideas
to make your new
garden affordable.
DIY
Do it yourself. Get your hands dirty. Get creative. There is nothing more satisfying
than making something with your own two hands.
Use Less Expensive Materials
Go with gravel instead of flagstone, use rocks you find on your property to make a fire pit,
shop estate sales for outdoor furniture, and give your found treasure a new coat of paint.
Salvaging and reusing materials is a hot trend among designers and architects.
Upgrade Your Irrigation
Avoid the cost of installing new irrigation pipe by keeping your existing irrigation zones
and upgrading your sprinklers. Upgrades can be as simple as replacing spray nozzles
with rotary nozzles and drip emitters, and adding a smart controller.
Go Zone by Zone
Instead of tackling your whole property at once, create your new garden one irrigation
zone at a time and spread the cost over two or three years.
Plants
Fencing
(per linear foot; professionally
installed)
Chain Link $6-$8
Wood (6 feet high) $15
Wrought iron $20-$30
Vinyl $19-23
Irrigation
(per zone; professionally
installed)
Sprinkler system $1,000
Drip system $650-$750
Plants
(per plant)
Perennials (1 gallon) $4-$6
Shrubs (5 gallon) $20-$25
Trees (15 gallon) $35-$50
Trees (36-inch box) $150-$350
Source: Landscapingnetwork.com
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