What is the purpose of home staging?

Home staging prepares a home for sale to maximize its sale price and help close the sale quickly.

What is an urban garden in the context of home staging?

An urban garden is a small space for plants to thrive, even without a backyard or in-ground garden, used to enhance home appeal.

How can window planter boxes be used in urban gardening?

Window boxes can be installed inside or outside windows that get sunlight and filled with low-cost flowering plants to add color.

What are some good container options for creating an urban garden?

Large decorative pots, clay strawberry pots, and flowerpots lining walkways are great for adding garden space and curb appeal.

Why are herb gardens recommended for urban gardening?

Herb gardens are easy to start in simple planters, provide pleasant aromas, and offer fresh herbs to enhance meals.

Home Staging Tips: Boost Value with Urban Gardening

Home staging means getting a home ready for sale with the goal of maximizing the sale price and close a sale as fast as possible. Some home staging tasks are very dreary, like having to get the place sparkling clean. That is not fun work. It may be better, if it is affordable, for the homeowner to hire professionals to do that grunt work.

Home Staging can be really fun and even can start long before putting a home on the market for sale. Children like to participate in this as well. It creates an urban garden.

Urban Garden

An urban garden fits anywhere. The idea is to create space for plants to thrive even if there is no backyard or in-ground growing opportunities. Here are some easy ways to achieve this:

Window Planter Boxes

Any window that gets sunlight can have a window box. Install these boxes on the inside or on the outside of the window depending on the climate. These are perfect places to have flowers add color that is attractive. Transplant low-cost flowering plants into window boxes. Using this strategy, window boxes stay full of flowers, which are constantly in bloom.

Big Pots

Decorative large pots are a great thing to use to create a garden space. Strawberry pots made of clay are popular things to put on a balcony or a porch. Flowerpots that line the walkway to the front door add to a home's curb appeal.

Roof Gardens

For townhouses without a backyard, balcony, or a patio, there may only be an urban garden space available on a roof. If there is a good view as well, this is a real plus. Be sure to have a nice picnic table to sit around and enjoy the area.

Herbs

Herb gardens are very easy to start. Herbs of many kinds can grow in simple planters. One added advantage is, if growing aromatic herbs, they put a pleasant smell in the air.

Summary

Besides growing flowers, urban gardens may also provide fresh herbs and vegetables to eat. Many things are easy to grow, such as the herb basil, and they add a nice flavor to a meal. Start with a small herb garden. If you have children, get them involved. Soon, it will be so much fun growing plants that your house will fill with color, nice smells, and good things to eat.

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