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7 ways to make your garden easier to manage

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There are many ways in which you can adapt your garden to make it easier to manage. Altering your garden layout and using techniques and methods of easier gardening can all mean that gardening can continue with the minimum of stress and effort. Planning alterations does not necessarily mean calling in a landscape gardener – or carrying out expensive rebuilding work; often a few minor changes can make a wealth of difference.

 The following are 7 ways to make your garden easier to manage:

1.   Improve your garden design

2.   Improve access

3.   Water wisely

4.   Use different techniques in the garden

5.   Rethink how you garden

6.   Choose different plants for your garden

7.   Choose easy - care plants