A Virginia Tech study, which surveyed homes in seven states, showed that high-quality landscaping (professional-quality and detail-oriented) can increase the value of your home by as much as 12.7 percent. This means that a home without landscaping valued at $150,000 could be increased in worth by over $19,000 just with a few thousand dollars of deliberate landscaping
[source: Virginia Cooperative Extension].
Some research suggests that at least 70 percent of plants on the site should be native to substantially support wildlife.
[source: Penn State Cooperative Extension].
