Scratching your head for ideas on what to do with your garden this spring? It can often be challenging to achieve the garden of your dreams on a limited budget, but here at Poundstretcher, we believe in the beauty of a bargain!
From the garden fence to the patio, transform your garden with these budget-friendly garden landscaping and DIY décor ideas. You can turn a small outdoor space into an evergreen oasis - without breaking the bank!
Romantic French-style Garden
Fancy a romantic, French-inspired garden to make your home feel like a fancy Château? To achieve this effortlessly elegant and shabby chic look, you will need these garden essentials.
To start, you'll need plenty of perfumed foliage in your surroundings, including exotic wildflowers, herbs, and lush plants. Fill a romantic rustic heart wall basket with sweet-smelling iris flowers and begonia to give your garden a pop of colour and accompany them with some fragrant herbs, such as our aromatic Le Jardinier Basil and Parsley grow sets. For more floral ideas, check out our propagation range. Focus this greenery around a charming bistro garden set, and it will feel like you're dining on a terrace in the French countryside or sipping coffee on a trendy street corner in Paris.
Complete the look with some solar fairy lights dotted around your garden walls and voila! It will feel like you're under the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower.
Edible Eco Garden
Calling all green-fingered farmers and keen gardeners! This edible eco-friendly garden design is perfect for homeowners looking to grow their fruit, vegetables and herbs in their backyard. Talk about locally sourced!
To achieve your delicious dreams of fresh charlotte potatoes for dinner or mouth-watering rhubarb and custard for dessert, you can shop our wide range of propagation, so you can find all sorts of edible produce to plant. Speaking of planting, you’ll be needing plenty of plastic plant pots to grow all your greenery in. While you’re at it, treat yourself to a 3 tier greenhouse to proudly display all the fruits of your labour and your dedication to vegetation!
Japanese Zen Garden
Craving some peace in your garden? Escape to the serenity of a natural woodland setting. Zen gardens are visually relaxing, textured gardens that evoke tranquillity and earthiness, perfect for someone who needs some respite.
To achieve this look, it's best to use natural materials such as wood, stone, and sand for your décor, since you want it to look as minimalistic as possible. It’s a great idea to include items such as peeled reed garden or bamboo screening to line your garden walls to give it a wild forest feeling. Have plenty of green foliage, such as hosta plants, commonly found throughout Japan. Then, place it in a grey ceramic stripe bowl planter to maintain a minimalist aesthetic.
The classic zen garden style uses sand or gravel to create a simple path in your garden and a tooth rake to create intricate patterns. You'll feel as though you're in the misty mountains of Kyoto, exploring an ancient Buddhist temple or botanical gardens.
Fairy-tale Woodland Garden
Channel your inner child with a whimsical, fairy-tale landscape to give your outdoor space a magical, woodland feel.
For an enchanted, reclaimed by nature look, fill your garden with colourful wildflowers, such as freesia and dahlia, and arrange them in a large wood effect tub to create a treasure trove of floral jewels. Line your flower beds and pathways with our lawn edging border rolls for a rustic and woodland look.
Add toadstool ornaments and ladybird solar lights to your garden as a finishing touch, and pretend that mythical creatures are roaming around your garden at night!
Ready to give your garden a makeover? If you felt inspired by any of the ideas or products listed in this article, then head on over to your local Poundstretcher. Not sure where your nearest store is? Check out our Store Finder to find your closest shop.