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DIY cheap landscaping - resources?
The front of my house looks horrendous. The woman that lived here before us has a lot of nice plants out front, but it's a lot of plants in a small space, some that spread and have to be thinned out, a lot of plants the same height (which I think makes it look even more overgrown) and pretty much all plants right now that are blue/purple. I'm thinking I need to remove some plants and put in other areas of the yard and also bring in some new plants, shrubs etc.
I've been having a hard time finding diy and budget landcaping websites, blogs etc. I want something that shows pictures or diagrams of small modest houses (like mine). All the photos I find online are of huge gorgeous homes with professional looking landscaped yards. I have a small budget and I don't want to spend every weekend maintaining my flowers. Also I have no desire to learn about gardening (not for flowers anyways...if I'm going to spend time gardening it will be for my veggie garden...which is also horrendous by the way). I basically want someone to tell me what and where I need to plant things. Does anyone have any good online resources that may show photos, diagrams, etc?
Also if I go to a garden Center like Longfellows will they have people that can help me figure out which plants I can transplant and which ones to add, how to lay everything out etc if I bring in a photo of the front of my house? Basically I'm looking for someone who is good with landscaping to tell me what to do....without having to actually pay a professional landscaper. LOL
Re: DIY cheap landscaping - resources?
I have found this show to be pretty down to earth.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/
Check out books from the library that have diagrams. My mom owns several DIY landscape diagram books, there must be some at the library.