Tidying and greening around your home increases property value, is great for the environment and has been shown to improve your health. 

A  study by Brisbane City Council even found that a leafy street can add $29,000 (5.4 per cent) to the median house sale price. Effective landscaping can achieve a 109 per cent return on every dollar spent – more than any other home improvement. 

If you’re selling your home, there are things you can do right now to increase your home’s value.

Address your property’s shortfalls such as overlooking neighbours or busy roads by planting-out your garden.

While the plants may not initially create a full visual barrier, or any real sound improvement, the perceived improvement from a buyer’s point of view will be worth it.

Your nursery can order in mature hedging for an immediate result.

Weeding and mulching your plant beds will help your garden appear low-maintenance and well kept. Choose a utility mulch such as pine bark or forest fines, rather than typical ‘gardener-preferred’ options such as lucerne and sugarcane. Utility mulches look neater, and when you’re selling it’s less about function and more about appearance.

If your lawn is looking a bit patchy or has browned-off you could thicken up and green the lawn by oversowing with a seed blend typically made up of fescue and rye grasses.  Add welcoming planters to entrance-ways featuring clipped topiary, and fill any other pots in garden areas with bright flowering annuals or perennials to give your garden an immediate lift (you can always take them with you when you sell).