Easy ways to transform your garden while renting (and not risk the deposit) Splashing out on an outdoor space you don’t own isn’t always a great investment, but you can still smarten up a rented patio 24 April 2021 • 5:00am Generation rent: there are quick ways to master gardening in small spaces with help from Caroline Donald Credit: KatarzynaBialasiewicz/ IStockPhoto Hallelujah! We can meet outside again. But, with foreign holidays still a mirage in the distance, anyone with access to a private outside space will be thanking their lucky square footage. For those who don’t actually own that potential patch of paradise, those roots you are putting down may only be temporary, but there is still plenty that renters can do in order to bring out the best in their backyard, without investing too much in something that you are going to leave behind for others.