Secrets of instant-gratification gardening

With the cold weather taking a hold over our area, everyone is dreaming and planning for those warm spring and summer days. With the theme of staging and preparing your home for the the spring selling season one very important aspect is landscaping.

This week we are going to cover some key points when it comes to landscaping for a successful sell. There are six key points to make your garden/landscape look great right now.

1. Use pots right in your garden beds
- This idea of using pots not only around decks and patios but also to decorate your flower beds is great in the winter because it adds height and color during the early spring months.

2. Clean up
- By giving the garden/landscaping a good clean up everything looks better instantly.

3. Use quick-fix plants
- By using ornamental grasses and early spring annuals, colorful foliage takes hold of your garden sooner.

4. Add structure
- By adding a birdbath or garden sculptures, one can break up the monotony of most gardens .

5. Go for the seasonal zip
- When buying flowers look for the heavier blooming varieties.

6. Don't garden, decorate
- By thinking of your outdoors as adding living area one begins to see it as area to also decorate. By using things like water features, indoor-outdoor rugs, outdoor fabrics, and lighting one begins to see instant gratification.