Home ownership and gardens have gone hand in hand since the dawn of time.
The Romans and Greeks had beautiful gardens, the British and French improved the concept, and today, almost everyone who owns a home has a garden.
But not everyone has a beautiful garden and that's where a little foresight and planning can make a big difference.
Suppose you are thinking about selling your home sometime in the future.
Who isn't? At some point your home will become either too big or too small and you'll need to move somewhere else.
Your alternative is to remodel, but this can be time consuming, difficult, and expensive.
If you are thinking about selling your home, one way to create a beautiful garden is to put in a lot of colorful flowers.
There are some aspects of creating a beautiful yard that take more than a few months, however.
Trees, which can bring shade and depth to your yard may take years to grow.
Your best bet is to put in a few fast growing trees when you first move into a new home.
Remember, as difficult as it may seem, you can always take a tree out, but it's much harder to put a new tree in.
Planting a couple of trees at the perimeter of your property will lead to shade and a nice border.
Once a tree has been in the ground for a few years, it will grow into place, that is, you'll build your garden around it.
So even if you don't know exactly where you'll want trees, it's best to just make a decision and put a few in; then later you can model around the trees that you've planted in your garden.
Now, a few years later, you will have changed and improved the look and feel of your home, resulting in a beautiful garden.
When you are a few months from selling, you can add some flowers to the yard, and then in the weeks before the sale, you can water heavily to give the grass an extra green feel.
All this together will produce a garden that makes your home look and feel beautiful.