Chip Wade's Top Money-Saving Yard Tips

Chip Wade's Georgia garden is the result of a great deal of time, effort and manpower as well as a lot of DIY ingenuity. Chip Wade shared his cost-saving tips for the yard and garden with HGTV.

Stunning gardens define resident Chip Wade's Atlanta home.

Focus on using natural boulders for retaining walls and other features says Wade. It keeps your garden from getting too formal, and formal is expensive.

One of the best ways to bring visual interest to your garden says Wade, is to mix materials: boulders, pavers, pebbles, river stone. It not only gives a more naturalistic look, you aren't tied to just one high-cost material, but you blend pricier and more inexpensive materials.