Your guide to declutter your garden
Decluttering your garden may be a bigger task than you think. Follow our easy guide that covers all you need to know, from rubbish removal to landscape gardening, to help get you started.
Decluttering your garden may be a bigger task than you think. Follow our easy guide that covers all you need to know, from rubbish removal to landscape gardening, to help get you started.
When it comes to your garden and outdoor living spaces, it can be easy to let things build up. But if the disorganisation and mess is starting to make you feel overwhelmed, it might be time to cut the clutter.
The aim of decluttering is to organise and cut the excess things you’re not using so you have a calmer, more comfortable home environment. And while we often think about the inside of the house when we talk about clearing away the clutter, it’s also something that applies to the outside as well.
Here’s your guide on how to get started decluttering your garden.
Before you start decluttering, consider what items in your home you use frequently. Many decluttering specialists recommend using the 80/20 rule – the idea that people use 20% of what they own 80% of the time – as a guide to cull.
With that in mind, consider where things fit. How much storage do you have in closets, cupboards and the garage? Where can you donate things, and who might need items? Finally, just how much rubbish do you think you might have? If it’s a lot, consider hiring a rubbish removal service.
Getting rid of excess things might seem easy… until you need to actually do it. One of the biggest decluttering mistakes people make is trying to do everything at once – and not making progress.
Instead, start small: pick one part of the home, like the plants on the verandah, a messy drawer in the garage or the gardening tools in the shed, and begin there.
Decluttering your garden is a bigger task than you think. It involves a little rubbish removal, a lot of garden maintenance, a little landscape design – and ton of elbow grease. Just like when you start decluttering a house, the trick with a garden clean up is to start small.
First, you’ll want to get rid of any rubbish or broken bits and bobs you don’t use anymore.
This might be as simple as filling a bag for a few minutes: for bigger jobs and years of leftover DIY projects, you might need to hire a skip bin or rubbish removalist.
After you’ve eliminated all the rubbish you can see, it’s time to hit the garden sheds and storage areas, getting rid of any broken pots and unused items. This can also include checking under the porch or behind the shed for any garbage tucked away.
Be mindful of any wasps, snakes or spiders which may have taken up residence, and it’s also important to not disturb any building materials that look suspicious. If you do find any old building materials that look like asbestos, call in a specialist asbestos removalist.
Once you remove the rubbish, it’s time to get into the garden maintenance: along with weeding, mowing the lawn and trimming the hedges, pull out any dead plants from the garden.
Also consider consulting with a tree arborist if there is an unruly tree, or arranging to have a tree stump removed. If you have any slippery, damp or mossy spots, you might want to consider getting them cleaned with a high pressure hose.
Once you’ve cleaned, pruned, weeded and tidied, make another assessment of your garden. Consider taking out any plants that are growing too aggressively; if you’re keen to put more order to your garden, consider consulting with a landscape designer to work on how to declutter your garden.
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