Ultimate Planting Toolkit Your comprehensive starter guide for bringing plants into your yard.
by YardKit
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Introduction to Your Plant Toolkit
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Where to Start How Plants Work in a Yard Top 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid
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Laying out Plants: Thinking Like a Designer
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Crash Course in Design Plants, Meet Your Property
Selecting Plants: Getting the Right Mix
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Finding the Best Plants for Your Space Walking into a Nursery with Confidence
In the Ground: Protecting your Investment
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Best Practices for Installing Plants Maintenance for Happy Plants
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Closing Thoughts: Plants, and Beyond Toolkit Goodies
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1 / INTRODUCTION
Your Plant Toolkit So you downloaded a plant guide. Which likely means you’re looking to make a few changes to your property’s outdoor spaces. Fresh planting can make a world of difference in the look and feel of a home, and is often the most satisfying piece of the landscape renovations puzzle.
Here at YardKit, we like to think of plants as the icing on the cake. We’re a team of landscape architects and designers who make a hands-on kit to enable homeowners to simplify landscape renovations without paying $4,000+ design fees. Through five DIY steps, YardKit offers a proven process for creating a personalized design plan across an entire property, finding opportunities for a more cohesive landscape, adding new amenities for outdoor living, and avoiding costly mistakes. We help homeowners successfully plan property improvements without any previous landscaping or design experience. But more on that later. Right now, let’s dive in and talk plants.
YardKit was started to make landscape renovations easier and more affordable for homeowners, and to help bring beautiful outdoor spaces to everyone’s home.
Meet the YardKit Founder Janice Nicol, YardKit’s CEO, was having dinner with friends when one asked if she knew of anyone to help transform his new front yard. This wasn’t the first time — in fact, she was asked this nearly every time she shared that she was a landscape architect. With the drought in California encouraging lower water use, and the home buying market picking up, many friends were looking to make a change. Because she was designing big urban spaces like campuses and parks in San Francisco, Janice learned quickly how challenging it can be to navigate home renovations. Finding a designer is a difficult and time-consuming process, and you don’t always know who to trust in the world of contractors. Balancing design, usability, and ecologies in landscapes is complicated. Janice believes that the process to get there shouldn’t be. YardKit / Ultimate Planting Toolkit
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