Low Maintenance Landscaping

A lot of people like the look of flower beds andIt's easy enough to group the pots around a
vegetable gardens in their landscaping, but don'tcommon theme, with smaller pots in front and
like to put in the effort necessary to maintain it.larger parts in the back. Or add a couple of
The solution is low maintenance landscaping.wooden benches (portable, of course), upon which
Low Maintenance Landscapingyou can place the pots.
The easiest lawns to care for are those that areThe pots
simply lush green grass. No trees, no flowers, noWhatever flowers and plants you decide to put in
other plants to worry about. Water the lawnyour pots, the key to an attractive landscape is
when needed, break out the lawnmower once ato ensure that all the pots you use are of the
week, and that's all there is too it! No mowingsame style, or of complimentary styles. Because
around tree roots, and no necessity to get downyou'll be moving the pots around you'll want them
on your knees to weed flower or vegetable beds.to be light enough to carry.
Attractive as this all-grass landscaping is, mostThat doesn't mean you can't use large planters -
people think it is not enough. At the very leaststone pots or wooden buckets for small trees -
they want the splash of color that flowerswhich you'd use to flank your front door, or even
provide.the front of the path leading up to your home.
The solution is a simple one - instead of diggingThe weather
out a flower bed...and then regretting it andRainstorms or cold weather will no longer hold any
wishing you'd placed it somewhere else - try afears for you. Simply bring in your pots of
movable flowerbed. In other words, flowers andflowers and keep them safe and sound inside until
plants of all kinds placed in pots.the weather becomes more clement.
The benefit of keeping your flowers in pots isPortable problems
that you can place them anywhere you like, andThe only problem with having a portable landscape
in any design. And once you tire of where theis that...it is portable. So its best to bring in your
flowers are, you simply move them somewherepots at night so that they don't disappear on you.
else. If some flowers or plants don't survive forIndeed, having to constantly bring in your pots at
some reason, it's easy enough to replace themnight is the only drawback to having a movable
with other kinds.landscape, but the vast array of creativity that it
The designopens up to you makes it more than worth it.