Gardening and landscaping on a budget is not necessarily easy.
But it can be done, according to David Bates, the third-generation owner of the sprawling Bates Nursery and Garden Center complex on Whites Creek Pike that has been in business for 94 years.
A trip to the 15-acre nursery, where there are hundreds of thousands of plants, could be overwhelming: What should I buy? What is going to work in my yard? What is going to be healthy all summer long? There are a lot of things to consider…