Landscaping Affects Property Value

Those trees in your yard provide more than just shade. According to a recent study by the U.S. Forest Service, trees can increase a home's value by three to seven percent. Meanwhile, poor landscape design can actually decrease property values by up to 10-percent according to a 2003 study published in the Journal of Environmental Horticulture.

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