How To Start a Flower Garden

Do you dream of having your own flower garden? Flowers add color and dimension to your landscaping, and a major boost to your curb appeal, too. They’re also easier to get going with than you might think. Gardening is a skill like any other—and you’ll definitely put your green thumb to work—but with some TLC, patience, and creativity, you can start a flower garden that you’ll love for many years to come.

There are reasons behind just loving flowers to invest in your landscaping. Figures show anywhere from a 100% to a 1,000% return on investment for home landscaping projects, which can increase the value of your home as high as 12.7%. It pays then to take the time to do your flower garden right, and to complement it with other landscaping features like a lush lawn and well-trimmed bushes. Below, we’ll cover everything that you need to know to start a flower garden, from choosing the right flowers to starting a garden from scratch. Get your watering can, and let’s get started.

Starting a Flower Garden

There are three phases to follow when you start a flower garden: planning, planting, and maintenance. Think of your garden like any other design project that you undertake in your home, and put together a clear vision for the space that includes all of the steps it will take to make it happen.

Ready to dig into the dirt around starting a flower garden? Follow the tips below to create a garden that’s colorful, whimsical, and all yours.

Decide where your flower garden is going to go

Plan It Out

Prepare the Land

Add Your Topsoil

Buy Your Flowers

Get to Planting

Maintain Your Garden

A flower garden is generally an ever-evolving process. Each year, re-evaluate your set-up and determine if you want to make changes. In addition to building on to what you’ve already done, you may want to change up the types of flowers that you plant, or get even more creative in your design.

And don’t worry—all of that hard work will feel more than worth it when your flower garden starts to come to life.