Easy planting

If your idea of a dream garden is one where you spend time sitting down enjoying it, you need our guide to low-maintenance gardening...

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Cut down on weeding

Choose materials such as slate and chippings to cover areas of bare soil that can quickly turn into weed beds. On planted areas, opt for a heavy duty weed control fabric that can be cut to fit around any planting and cover it with a thick layer of bark chippings to smarten up the space. As well as looking professional, it will save time and effort as it creates an effective barrier to weeds.

Go faux

You could even take it one step further and choose artificial plants. There are some realistic-looking ones around now that will look fab dotted in among your real plants.

Low effort