Garden Design: How to create a garden before - welcome During the winter months, often the only part of your outdoor patch you really notice is the front garden. He waves goodbye on your way to work or school, and welcomes you home at the end of the day. It is a space for your cars, motorcycles and garbage, but it should also be a space for paths, plants and trees. It's the place to show your home to its best advantage, so if you need the lure to sell your home, you want to impress the neighbors, or just enjoy the space yourself, here are some ideas to improve your front garden.
Kate Eyre Garden Design
Keep things simple
We've all seen the parking areas of large houses outside like this - and modern families often need that much space to park and maneuver the car - but planting in this garden is what makes it such a success. By choosing only a few species rather than many different ones, and anchor the entire system with a few new trees, planting becomes more of a feature and night in the main avenue.
We've all seen the parking areas of large houses outside like this - and modern families often need that much space to park and maneuver the car - but planting in this garden is what makes it such a success. By choosing only a few species rather than many different ones, and anchor the entire system with a few new trees, planting becomes more of a feature and night in the main avenue.
Living in Space
Make a statement
a large front door, elegant as it can be difficult to work with because it is quite a design statement in itself. The owner made the entrance really inviting using large planters filled with lots of seasonal flowers and foliage on either side. This is an easy idea to reproduce, because of its simplicity. Any farmer will, as long as it is large and simple, as the door itself, then simply fill it with your favorite combination of flowers.
Geraniums like these create a great season color and will last from spring to late autumn - ideal if low maintenance is a priority. There are many different colors and varieties to choose from, including trailing geraniums, and they all smell great. Ring the changes in the fall with some skimmias evergreen underplanted with spring bulbs.
a large front door, elegant as it can be difficult to work with because it is quite a design statement in itself. The owner made the entrance really inviting using large planters filled with lots of seasonal flowers and foliage on either side. This is an easy idea to reproduce, because of its simplicity. Any farmer will, as long as it is large and simple, as the door itself, then simply fill it with your favorite combination of flowers.
Geraniums like these create a great season color and will last from spring to late autumn - ideal if low maintenance is a priority. There are many different colors and varieties to choose from, including trailing geraniums, and they all smell great. Ring the changes in the fall with some skimmias evergreen underplanted with spring bulbs.
Mark Hazeldine Photography
Choose the right style
need Cottages cottage gardens and porch and the plantation style in buckets. We like the newspapers stacked in the porch, who also work in practice, because they are where you need it when you get home, the more they will keep some of the wind!
The color is pure plantation style cottage, and even in winter there are some species there to give you a bit of winter scent. Rosemary by the door, for example, provide foliage and fragrance year from early spring, while the terracotta pot can be planted with a variety of bulbs and annuals throughout the year, like tulips in spring and summer lilies, to keep the flowers coming.
need Cottages cottage gardens and porch and the plantation style in buckets. We like the newspapers stacked in the porch, who also work in practice, because they are where you need it when you get home, the more they will keep some of the wind!
The color is pure plantation style cottage, and even in winter there are some species there to give you a bit of winter scent. Rosemary by the door, for example, provide foliage and fragrance year from early spring, while the terracotta pot can be planted with a variety of bulbs and annuals throughout the year, like tulips in spring and summer lilies, to keep the flowers coming.
Fisher Tomlin & Bowyer
Kiss informality
There are many styles you can adopt to create an approach to your home, but take into account the way your house looks. Other images show here the large, formal styles, but this barn country needed a simple combination of only two species - a grass Stipa tenuissima and a flower Verbena bonariensis - to leave the old house and the heritage of the fig tree speak for themselves. It is also easy to maintain.
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There are many styles you can adopt to create an approach to your home, but take into account the way your house looks. Other images show here the large, formal styles, but this barn country needed a simple combination of only two species - a grass Stipa tenuissima and a flower Verbena bonariensis - to leave the old house and the heritage of the fig tree speak for themselves. It is also easy to maintain.
See inside a beautiful converted barn, rustic, modern and stylish kitchen
dawn Perkins Garden design
Select your perfect paving
think about the type of paving you use, both for the the appearance of your garden and how it works. It is important to incorporate effective drainage to prevent flooding. There are various ways to facilitate good drainage, including the laying porous pavers.
It is also useful to have one or more beds. In this garden, the wide open section adds to the ease of drainage, while the pattern of bricks surrounding it leads visitors up to the front door.
think about the type of paving you use, both for the the appearance of your garden and how it works. It is important to incorporate effective drainage to prevent flooding. There are various ways to facilitate good drainage, including the laying porous pavers.
It is also useful to have one or more beds. In this garden, the wide open section adds to the ease of drainage, while the pattern of bricks surrounding it leads visitors up to the front door.
Maria Hasenecz Garden Design
sit in the front
We like the idea of people sitting in their front gardens. If yours is located in an isolated area and it gets the morning sun, it is perfect for a small terrace and a breakfast early morning. If it is a great night spot, then sit in front of a glass of wine and chat with the neighbors!
We like the idea of people sitting in their front gardens. If yours is located in an isolated area and it gets the morning sun, it is perfect for a small terrace and a breakfast early morning. If it is a great night spot, then sit in front of a glass of wine and chat with the neighbors!
Tim Davies Landscaping
Add a contemporary
architectural trees in this garden are fantastic and reflect the modern structure of the pillars and home. It is a simple thing to have one or two structural plants in a contemporary space and give them room to breathe. Turn the night-time for added drama.
architectural trees in this garden are fantastic and reflect the modern structure of the pillars and home. It is a simple thing to have one or two structural plants in a contemporary space and give them room to breathe. Turn the night-time for added drama.
Baldwin Harris Ltd
Be 'Waterwise'
We all know a lawn will come back in a drought and needs a lot of attention to keep it free of weeds and moss. But if you divide for planting 'of Waterwise', as in the front yard?
Waterwise planting is a method of good soil preparation and planting dense and with mulch to create ground cover. Choose ground covers that will quickly do the job for you to retain soil moisture and fight weeds back - it is a simple way to reduce labor and having a more beautiful garden. Grasses such as Stipa gigantea and Hakonechloa macra are great Waterwise plants.
We all know a lawn will come back in a drought and needs a lot of attention to keep it free of weeds and moss. But if you divide for planting 'of Waterwise', as in the front yard?
Waterwise planting is a method of good soil preparation and planting dense and with mulch to create ground cover. Choose ground covers that will quickly do the job for you to retain soil moisture and fight weeds back - it is a simple way to reduce labor and having a more beautiful garden. Grasses such as Stipa gigantea and Hakonechloa macra are great Waterwise plants.
Purcell
Park and walk
It's too easy to have a huge driveway and then park right in front of the door. This solution moves the parking space on the side of the garage, leaving a pedestrian entrance to the front door.
We also like the solution using a different coating material but complementary to leverage the strength of the footpath instead of the lane. There are not many plantation impact yet, but that will come as the beds are developing, and the low level planting works perfectly with the horizontal lines of the house.
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It's too easy to have a huge driveway and then park right in front of the door. This solution moves the parking space on the side of the garage, leaving a pedestrian entrance to the front door.
We also like the solution using a different coating material but complementary to leverage the strength of the footpath instead of the lane. There are not many plantation impact yet, but that will come as the beds are developing, and the low level planting works perfectly with the horizontal lines of the house.
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Anne Macfie garden design
exotic style
It is common to fall into the trap of using the same local style to your garden before all world in your way, but this garden in Scotland is bolder and uses stone and gravel to create a contemporary Asian look that, in true form Arts and crafts, works well with the masonry of the property.
A simple planting palette, pebbles and rock characterful give a distinctive look easy to reproduce with very little knowledge of construction. It is a style that goes well with both modern and traditional homes.
It is common to fall into the trap of using the same local style to your garden before all world in your way, but this garden in Scotland is bolder and uses stone and gravel to create a contemporary Asian look that, in true form Arts and crafts, works well with the masonry of the property.
A simple planting palette, pebbles and rock characterful give a distinctive look easy to reproduce with very little knowledge of construction. It is a style that goes well with both modern and traditional homes.
PAD studio
light the way
What better way to welcome guests in the evening with lighting the garden path? A simple increase of three uplighters against a wall creates a simple effect that is both practical and dramatic. You can even try with simple lights, solar path, which are low cost and low maintenance, but a great way to direct your visitors to the front door.
Tell us ...
What is your garden as before - have you changed, or would you like? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
What better way to welcome guests in the evening with lighting the garden path? A simple increase of three uplighters against a wall creates a simple effect that is both practical and dramatic. You can even try with simple lights, solar path, which are low cost and low maintenance, but a great way to direct your visitors to the front door.
Tell us ...
What is your garden as before - have you changed, or would you like? Share your thoughts in the comments below.