Landscaping can bring a recovery value of 100 to 200 percent at selling time. Kitchen remodeling brings a 75 to 125 percent recovery rate, bathroom remodeling a 20 to 120 percent recovery rate, and addition of a swimming pool a 20 to 50 percent recovery rate.

- Money Magazine

Edge the Beds — Cutting fresh edges where grass meets mulch makes the lawn look well kept. A move as simple as curving the edge of your flower beds could increase the value of your home by 1 percent, says horticulture professor Bridget Behe, the lead researcher on the MSU study.

- June '07 issue of - Money Magazine

Landscape investments are recovered fully, and sometimes doubled, via increasing real estate values.

- Wall Street Journal

In one study, 99% of real estate appraisers concurred that landscaping enhances the sales appeal of real estate Trendnomics.

- National Gardening Association

Homes with ""excellent" landscaping can expect a sale price about 6 to 7 percent higher than equivalent houses with "good" landscaping, while improving landscaping from "average" to "good" can result in a 4 to 5 percent increase.

- Clemson University

Landscaping can add between 7 and 15 percent to a home's value."

- The Gallup Organization

Landscaping could add up to 15 percent to a home's value. National Association of Realtors President-Elect, Walt McDonald of Riverside, Calif.,was quoted in the article as saying, "When people ask me how they can get strong interest in their property, I always tell them to fix up their landscaping."

- SmartMoney

When Americans want to enhance their homes, they focus on the outdoors. In a recent Gallup research project, homebuyers revealed they think landscaping adds 14.87 percent to a home's selling price. In another survey, Money magazine reported that landscaping as a home-improvement project has a recovery value of 100 to 200 percent if it is well done and harmonizes with nearby foliage . Real estate agents agree. Ninety-five percent of the members of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers concur that landscaping adds to the dollar value of real estate, while 99 percent said that landscaping enhances property&39:s "sales appeal," increasing the actual speed of the sale.

- Lawn & Landscape, August 2002