Smart Shopping Tips for Your Garden
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Every dollar you can save in the design, planting and maintenance of your garden gives you more dollars to buy plants! Frugal gardening at its best.
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Check for landscape design software at your local library or on public-access computers at colleges.
If it's not available, they may be willing to order it for you and others in the community.
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Chip in with friends to buy a landscape design software package.
Or invest in books for landscape design tips. Have a landscaper design your garden will cost you big bucks.
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Trim design costs by substituting less expensive materials.
Gravel instead of brick, concrete instead of flagstone, wood chips instead of bark mulch.
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Pots, birdbaths and statuary are much cheaper if you eliminate the middleman.
Check with your chamber of commerce or consult the yellow pages to see if there are manufacturers nearby.
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Keep an eye out for outlet malls that include garden ornament stores or those that sell mainly by catalog.
Selections will vary but prices can be as much as 50% off the retail cost.
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Avoid impulse purchases at the nursery. Go with a shopping list and stick to it.
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Watch for sales. Late summer and early autumn are prime times to enhance your garden.
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Search for chipped or cracked pots at bargain prices.
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Plant trees and shrubs in early autumn; the season is optimal for establishing roots and most go on sale then!
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Be an informed shopper. Research the particular plant you want before you go to the nursery. Only accept a subsitute if it will have the exact qualities you want.
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Don't overplant. Assess mature height and width of each plant and purchase only enough to fill the space after five years.
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Use mail-order catalogs to get a wider choice of specialty plants and unusual varieties.
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Buy small plants. They cost less and establish a healthy root system faster than larger plants.
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The cheapest bid is not always the best buy. Check references.
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Don't cut corners on quality of materials you use for a garden-building project. Use rot-resistant wood and heavy-duty, galvanized hardware to avoid rust.
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If you're buying $100 or more worth of plants, ask for a discount.
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A friend with a pickup truck can save you lots of money in delivery charges.
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Dress up a plain arbor with ready-made "gingerbread" trim.
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Use creativity instead of cash: plastic columns can be painted and added decorations can give you an expensive appearing enhancement for less money.
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Search salvage yards for wrought iron gates, concrete or stone finials, old porch post columns or other unique items that can dress up your yard.
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