8 Cheap Landscaping Updates that Make a Splash

Roll in a Boulder

Boulders are eye-catching and provide a natural location for adding grasses, flowers and other garden plants. You'll find huge piles of boulders to pick.

Grow Self-Seeding Flowers

Self-seeding flowers, like the hollyhocks seen here, are a real money saver for the home gardener. Buy a packet of seeds now and have flowers forevermore.

Go with a Gravel Path

Adding a garden path provides interest and a place to walk through your landscape. But rather than installing an expensive concrete or paver pathway.

Mount Small Planters on the Deck

In a little under an hour, you can make this simple railing-mounted planter. All you need is some standard gutter parts.

Build a Rustic Arbor

You can make this garden trellis from just $25 of steel rebar. And you won't have to weld a thing. We'll show you how to bend the arches.

Repurpose Containers for Starting Seeds

Reuse a plastic clamshell container from the salad bar as a mini greenhouse for starting seeds in the spring. After washing the container.

Save on Potting Mix

Name-brand potting mixes can set you back quite a few dollars when you're filling large containers. Use less of the expensive soil mix.

Save Your Tender Bulbs

A lot of northern gardeners treat tender bulbs as annuals, allowing them to die at season's end. Instead, overwinter them. To make it simpler plant.