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FRONT YARD GARDENING GUIDE

We all want our front yards to be as welcoming and beautiful as possible, don’t we? After all, it’s the first thing you and your visitors see as they approach your house. But we often get stuck with either 1) what the builder put in or 2) what everyone else is doing in their front yards, and we wind up with a front Yard landscape that is ho-hum and uninspired. So are you ready to shake things up a bit? Here are some great tips for making sure your front yard does the best meet-and-greet possible.

1. Keep it simple. I want to first reassure you that you don’t have to rip everything out and start all over to have a beautiful front yard. If you cover the basics and keep it neat and tidy, you can have a home-run. The basics include at least one shade tree planted off-center (no covering up the front of the house or engulfing your roofline, thank you), a simple foundation planting up against your house (properly scaled shrubs, for example), and some color around the entryway (annuals in pots, or some simple flowering perennials). Keep the lawn mowed, leaves raked, and plants watered and tidy.

2. Add welcoming features. These features say “Welcome! This way, please! We’re glad you’re here!” Consider an arbor with flowering vines under which your visitors walk to access the front door — a delicate scent is a plus. Or try flanking and matching tall planters on either side of your entryway — make them big and splashy and they may be the only spots of color you need. And remember decorative elements like a properly-scaled water feature, an interesting statuary, or seasonal items like pumpkins.

3. Consider edibles. What, you say? Grow food in the front yard? Whyever not! But first things first — as crazy as it sounds, some neighborhoods or locales do not allow this, so be sure to check what is okay in your area. Adding fruits and veggies in your front yard may be as simple as incorporating them into your sunny perennial border, or it could be as radical as removing your lawn to make way for raised beds. I’ve seen it all done very beautifully! But here’s the thing — if you’re going to do something really different like this, do it well, let your neighbors know what your plans are, and make it as pretty as possible. Please don’t let it become an overgrown eyesore — nothing will incur the wrath of normally nice neighbors that a front yard that’s a hot mess.

4. Create seating. I love me a good front porch or patio for gathering, but if you don’t have that, park a bench in your perennial bed or add a little bistro table and chairs under the shade tree. It looks charming and welcoming, and is a great way to meet passersby. Plus, it gives you a place to rest for a minute when you’re trimming the shrubs or picking your tomatoes.

About the Author:

Jenny Peterson is a landscape designer and urban farmer living in Austin, Texas. She comes from a family of gardeners and her gardens include drought-tolerant plants, herbs, veggies, and a wildflower pollinator garden. As a breast cancer survivor, Jenny specializes in gardens that heal from the inside out.

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