Victoria the Garden City
Victoria the Garden City
Those of us fortunate enough to live in Victoria BC, often appreciate and delight in the incredible landscapes that it surround us with. Internationally Victoria is known as the Garden City of Canada. Many envision Butchart Gardens or Victoria’s famous hanging flower baskets when asked to picture the Garden City. Being situated on the West Coast allows us our temperate climate all year round, and provides the perfect medium for the green lush gardens experienced here. Of course, this wonderful foliage environment can add value to your home, even if you’re not an accomplished green thumb! Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal and value of your property:
- - Cut the lawn regularly
- - Trim shrubs and hedges
- - Weed and edge gardens
- - Remove all debris, discarded wood scraps, and other materials from the yard and around the house
- - Window boxes are a fairly inexpensive and quick way to give your home some instant charm.
- - Green your grass with turf paint. The result is instantaneous, lasting and affordable. It's commonly used on golf courses to maintain year-round greens, and can add luster to any dull yard, without damaging the grass.
- - Use planter boxes, and pots to fill in sparse areas and add some colour to your yard.
o However, be careful to avoid a cluttered look, which can actually diminish the value of your home!
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