17 Outdoor Aldi Products Under $20 That Are Worth Picking Up

If you're always on the lookout for bargains, then you should never skip Aldi's middle aisle of home decor. Comprising heavily-laden baskets groaning beneath the burden of endless possibility, it's a must-visit for snagging seasonal essentials on a budget. The contents of those baskets change all the time, and they're almost always stocked with the motto "when it's gone, it's gone." In the run-up to Thanksgiving, you're likely to find a whole kitchen's worth of gadgets, and Christmas sees the aisle stacked with stocking fillers and gift-worthy gizmos. Similarly, as the spring and summer sun starts shining, Aldi's middle aisle usually responds with an exciting lineup of outdoor products. 

And as you'll see, this season is no different. To help you spend your Aldi budget as wisely as possible, we've picked 15 exciting outdoor products that you can snag for less than $20. Whether you're looking to brighten up your flower beds or enhance your after-dark patio décor, these products can help you make the most of the summer season.

Solar lights are a fantastic way to illuminate your outdoor space without the hassle of hardwiring new fixtures. Provided that the place you want to illuminate receives some sunshine in the daytime, you can simply fix them in place and let the weather do the work. But before you go and spend a fortune online on a new set of solar lights, it might be worth pulling into your nearest Aldi and checking the middle aisle.

For $9.99, the store is currently selling twin-unit sets of Belavi's Solar Garden Bed Lights. Per the name, they're charged by the sun. But if you need to add some light to shadier spots in your garden, you can also run them with AA batteries. A rechargeable one is supplied for each light. You can fix the lights in place with a clip, magnet, or with screws to deliver a warm-white LED glow to your garden.

The more that you grow in the garden, the harder your watering system has to work to keep it all hydrated. Fortunately, there are several hands-off ways to water the plants in your garden. However, many of them rely on having the right equipment. In households that have just one outdoor tap, managing irrigation can become an annoying balancing act. Gardenline's 4-Piece Quick-Connect Set can help to make things slightly easier.

The set costs $9.99, so it's a cost-effective way to upgrade your watering system. Per the product name, it contains four pieces, including 1 female quick-connect and 2 male quick-connects. It also comes with a two-way manifold for connecting two separate water systems. Each side is fitted with a lever, allowing you to easily adjust the water pressure at the source.

While you're browsing Aldi's latest line-up of ready-to-plant bushes, Gardenline's Annabelle Hydrangeas are likely to catch your eye. This particular variety is an excellent choice in smaller gardens and borders. They're renowned for their compact, bushy growth pattern, and are favored for bringing curb appeal to homes across hardiness zones 3 to 8. What really sets them apart, however, are the enormous flowers they produce. They're usually pure white and can grow up to 9 inches in diameter.

These ready-to-go shrubs are ideal for those who don't have the time to learn how to grow hydrangeas. Right now, they're also less than $10 per bush. Just like Gardenline's other pre-grown shrubs, they're ready to go straight into the ground. And given the popularity of this particular type of hydrangea, it seems likely that they'll sell out soon.

All this talk of hydrangeas is well and good, but there's no point loading your trunk with shrubs if your flower beds aren't ready for them. If they're not, then one of the most time-honored ways to prepare your garden soil is to loosen it up, aerate it, and fold in some nutrients. Gardenline's Garden Claw is built to make such laborious tasks slightly easier.

Priced at $19.99, it's not just built for de-compacting soil, but also for pulling weeds and maintaining tidy edges around your lawn. A foot pedal makes exerting maximum pressure easier without straining your back. An ergonomic T-bar handle makes large projects more comfortable, and it's made to last with a steel tube shaft and high-carbon steel head.

Of all of the tools deemed most essential for gardening, you're unlikely to need any as frequently as a decent pair of gloves. Certain plants can be really rough on the skin if you try to pull them out of the ground without them. Others are surrounded by thorns, and if you're working in a densely populated flower bed, there's no telling what insects could be lurking beneath the leaves.

Gardenline's Nitrile Gloves are made from polyester and feature a durable synthetic rubber layer to keep your hands protected from cuts and scratches. They're available in medium, large, and extra-large sizes, which is useful. They come in neutral colors like black and navy, and they all cost $4.99. 

Sometimes, breaking out the pressure washer to clear up the mess in your yard can feel like overkill. More than that, there are so many easy mistakes you can make with a pressure washer that starting it up for quick tasks can be risky. At other times, especially if you don't have a power washer, the pressure from a standard hose can fall frustratingly short of the mark. Gardenline's Power Blaster bridges the gap between the two.

It's designed to increase your hose's water pressure, ideal for cleaning stubborn grime around your patio and garden. Now, it may not shift deeply-embedded grime and algae as effectively as a pressure washer. It will, however, make day-to-day cleaning easier in areas where your hose doesn't quite cut it. It costs $12.99 and connects to your hose like any other hose attachment.

As stone landscaping ideas go, adding stepping stones to your flower bed or garden is up there with the best. It gives you a place to stand without destroying your plants, especially in areas that you have to walk through frequently. It also provides a useful place to perch whenever you need to weed your yard's more awkward corners.

Pembrook's Stepping Stones are available in a series of different shapes. There are five to choose from in total, including a butterfly, a hedgehog, a flower, a heart, a tree, and a medallion. Each comes with paints and brushes, too, meaning you can customize your stepping stone and add a touch of personality. They're $4.99 each and would be useful for some summer craft time with your more creative kids. 

There's nothing more frustrating as a gardener than trying to water your yard with a leaky hose nozzle. It could be a hairline crack or a blown seal. Whatever the cause, if it's leaking, then it may be time to replace it. Now, while you can pay very good money for professional-grade sprayers, you don't always need to. As an example, Aldi's current Gardenline's Garden Spray and Pattern Nozzle costs $4.99.

This product offers a useful way to resume your usual watering regimen, without leaks, and without breaking the bank. The 8-pattern spray head is versatile, switching easily from gentle mist to a powerful jet. It also features a comfortable grip and an integrated on/off lock, which keeps the water spraying without causing your hands to cramp. It fits any standard half-inch connector.

Aldi's current line-up of middle-aisle products is packed with ideas for styling your patio on a budget. Belavi's Solar Geometric Lanterns enable you to add a dash of style while enhancing your patio lighting scheme for less than $7. In fact, they can deliver up to 8 hours of light when fully charged.

The lanterns are available in either geometric or pyramid designs, and you can get them in red or black. They're solar powered, so you'll want to pop it out in the sunshine ahead of your evening's proceedings to ensure it's suitably charged. Once it is, find a strategic place to hang it and use it to bathe the lesser-loved corners of your deck or patio in light. They emit a warm white glow via LED lights to create a bit of outdoor ambiance.

There are many benefits of growing a container garden. This is especially true if you're limited on growing space or need ways to turn a small balcony into a zen garden. If either of those rings true for you, then you may be interested in Bevali's Half-Barrel Planters. They're currently catching the eye of gardeners in-the-know at Aldi stores around the country, partly because they're priced at $4.99.

That's considerably cheaper than planters made from genuine wooden barrels. And while traditionalists may prefer the "real deal," these plastic versions are at least easier to move around and less likely to rot after prolonged exposure to moisture. They feature a real wood finish, are UV resistant, and include a drainage hole to ensure your plants aren't unnecessarily overwatered.

If you've always wanted to create your own vegetable garden but are tight on patio or balcony space, then there are several ways to do it. One of the best is to garden vertically, and opt for plants like beans that can give bountiful harvests without being overly greedy for ground space. There are plenty of ways that you can DIY your own vertical garden, but if you'd rather skip the hammer and nails and get straight into the growing, then consider popping to Aldi.

Right now, Belavi's Wooden Planter With Trellis is available, and it's designed to bring natural vertical interest to your patio, garden, or balcony. It's made to give sturdy support to an array of climbing plants, and has a deep planter (liner included) that you can fill with your chosen soil. The product is built from FSC-certified wood and is priced at $19.99.

If you have plenty of ground space to plant your chosen climbers, but need something to take the strain from your fences, then a trellis is the tool for the job. Belavi's Wooden Trellises are available at Aldi right now in a variety of colors and sizes. They're available in either white or natural wood, allowing you to match your trellis to the design of your outdoor space.

Size-wise, they come in small and large. Both sizes cover up to 70 linear inches of fence. The difference lies in how tall you need your trellis to be. The large covers nearly 2 feet vertically, whereas the smaller one covers just under a foot. The large trellises, at $9.99, are supplied as a single unit. The smaller trellises come in sets of two and are also priced at $9.99. Reassuringly, all are made responsibly from FSC-certified wood.

If you're among the many who try to spot Aldi's best plant deals before they completely sell out, then you likely visit the store frequently in the spring. You're also likely aware of Gardenline's perennially popular range of ready-to-plant shrubs. Different plants become available every year, and true to form, the brand has released several at once in time for spring. The Raspberry Heritage Fruit Bush is just one of them.

Each one costs $5.99, which seems very reasonable for your own supply of fresh raspberries. Indeed, they're ideal for gardeners who would love to have berries growing in their garden but are either unsure of how to do it or are too late to start from scratch. Each bush has already been sown, germinated, and grown beyond that delicate seedling stage, which means that all you need to do is select a likely spot and place them in the ground.

Hummingbirds travel hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles each year for the breeding season. And as anybody who's seen them in their yard will tell you, once they arrive, they do not stop feeding. In fact, hummingbirds need a decent meal approximately every 15 minutes to fuel their olympian-grade metabolism. Indeed, food is so important to them that if they stumble upon a reliable food source, they will often return to the same spot year after year.

What this means is that if you want to encourage hummingbirds to make themselves at home in your yard, then food is the key to their hearts. Belavi's Hummingbird Feeder is now available at Aldi, and is designed to hold up to 28 ounces of your go-to DIY hummingbird nectar. It's built from hand-painted glass and is available in blue and yellow. It's also available in red, which is widely considered the best color for inviting hummingbirds to your yard. Each feeder costs $9.99 and has five flower-shaped feeding ports.

Last year, we explored whether Aldi's trendy hanging hammock chair was really worth buying. The general consensus was that it was a decent bargain. This year, it seems that the same is true for specs of the newly-released Hanging Hammock Chair from Belavi. It still holds up to 250 pounds of weight, and it retains the same fabric dimensions of almost 4-by-2 feet.

Priced at $19.99, it comes with the hardware required to hang it around your patio. It includes a carry bag, allowing you to take it with you on those long and lazy summer camping trips. It also comes with a pillow to ensure you're comfortable wherever you happen to hang it. Finally, if you're looking for colorful ways to enliven your patio, it's available in three different colors: blue striped, green, and beige patterned.

Adding garden statues is one of the best flower bed decor upgrades to make your lawn stand out. Belavi's new line-up of figurines, currently available in Aldi's middle aisle for $9.99 each, is a good example. Depending on your tolerance for the whimsical, they're available in various styles. These include a lighthouse, an Alpine cow, a hedgehog, a classic gnome, a toad on a toadstool, and even a trio of piggybacking frogs.

The collection's Belavi's Solar Lighthouse Figurine is a unique option. They're available in white with either red or blue stripes. Each is fitted with a solar charger and AAA battery, and when fully charged, casts a twinkling glow in your flower beds after dark. 

One of our favorite ideas for bringing style to an outdoor balcony space is to draw on the power of Mother Nature. With just a few choice plants, it's easy to turn your balcony into a place of zen and serenity. The trick is to think carefully about how (and where) you'll grow them. On a balcony, the "where" usually involves making the most of your walls and railings. And while you could install a trellis, or buy a dedicated vertical garden set, you could also grab yourself some rail-mounted planters.

Priced at $5.99, Belavi's Trough planters are fitted with hooks for hanging over the back for hanging on your fences or railings. They're available in three colors, including blue, yellow, and green, allowing you to match them with your balcony's existing decor. They're also fitted with drainage holes to help avoid waterlogging your plant babies.