Just like your closet or a cluttered kitchen cabinet overflowing with stuff you no longer use, your garden benefits from an occasional edit. If you haven’t done so lately, step back and give your landscape a long, critical look. What’s your initial impression? What looks messy? What looks faded or lackluster?

Your garden should be a beautiful space where you actually want to spend time. If it’s messy or unkempt, it also sends a negative message and downgrades your curb appeal.

“Gardens communicate values,” says landscape architect Jodie Cook, PLA, of Jodie Cook Landscape Architecture . “When they are beautiful on the outside and ecologically alive on the inside, it sends a message. Neighbors notice, and that message is contagious.”

We know time is precious, but many of these garden

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