Eclectic Front Yard Garden Design Ideas

Containers
Containers
Landscape Projects, Inc.Landscape Projects, Inc.
Tulips and pansies provide early spring color to raised bed containers constructed with M-Brace brackets for added interest. In the summer, the owner plants two of the beds with vegetables (all of the sun on the property is in the front yard). ©Melissa Clark Photography. All rights reserved.
New England Perennial Flower Gardens
New England Perennial Flower Gardens
Minglewood, LLCMinglewood, LLC
Sun tolerant perennials and shrubs including yarrow, coreopsis, geranium, peonies, sweet fern, hydrangea and red bud provide a transitional edge between lawn and woodland areas. Angela Kearney Minglewood Designs
Rustic Brick Walk - Milwaukee, WI
Rustic Brick Walk - Milwaukee, WI
Ginkgo Leaf StudioGinkgo Leaf Studio
Looking through a shade garden, the brick walk curves from the front door to the driveway. Westhauser Photography
Joyous Wildlife Habitat in Santa Monica
Joyous Wildlife Habitat in Santa Monica
Urban Oasis Landscape DesignUrban Oasis Landscape Design
A bubbling basalt stone fountain creates a soothing audible backdrop and is much loved by the birds and wildlife that flock to this garden which is a certified wildlife habitat.
Wayfair fence panels
Wayfair fence panels
KGR DesignKGR Design
Fencing with 6x6 cedar posts with a mix of metal Wayfair fence panels & painted boards provides spatial definition from the street.
Eastern Inspiration
Eastern Inspiration
SH interiorsSH interiors
We created this natural movement pathway from the front entry to the side gate. The pads are stained concrete and we made them in random sizes to create an organic pattern.
Fireworks in the Front Garden
Fireworks in the Front Garden
The Ardent Gardener Landscape DesignThe Ardent Gardener Landscape Design
We removed a front lawn and created a gorgeous, textural garden in its place. A spiral stone path weaves through explosions of color. Photo: The Ardent Gardener Landscape Design
Low Water Gardens
Low Water Gardens
JPM LandscapeJPM Landscape
Landscape and design by Joe Andolina
Front Yards
Front Yards
VVM DesignsVVM Designs
Added interest to large corner yard using a rock bed with color coming from the foliage as well as carpet roses
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Sweet Smiling LandscapesSweet Smiling Landscapes
This very social couple were tying the knot and looking to create a space to host their friends and community, while also adding much needed living space to their 900 square foot cottage. The couple had a strong emphasis on growing edible and medicinal plants. With many friends from a community garden project they were involved in and years of learning about permaculture, they wanted to incorporate many of the elements that the permaculture movement advocates for. We came up with a California native and edible garden that incorporates three composting systems, a gray water system, rain water harvesting, a cob pizza oven, and outdoor kitchen. A majority of the materials incorporated into the hardscape were found on site or salvaged within 20-mile of the property. The garden also had amenities like an outhouse and shower for guests they would put up in the converted garage. Coming into this project there was and An old clawfoot bathtub on site was used as a worm composting bin, and for no other reason than the cuteness factor, the bath tub composter had to stay. Added to that was a compost tumbler, and last but not least we erected an outhouse with a composting toilet system (The Nature's Head Composting Toilet). We developed a gray water system incorporating the water that came out of the washing machine and from the outdoor shower to help water bananas, gingers, and canailles. All the down spouts coming off the roof were sent into depressions in the front yard. The depressions were planted with carex grass, which can withstand, and even thrive on, submersion in water that rain events bring to the swaled-out area. Aesthetically, carex reads as a lawn space in keeping with the cottage feeling of the home. As with any full-fledged permaculture garden, an element of natural building needed to be incorporated. So, the heart and hearth of the garden is a cob pizza oven going into an outdoor kitchen with a built-in bench. Cob is a natural building technique that involves sculpting a mixture of sand, soil, and straw around an internal structure. In this case, the internal structure is comprised of an old built-in brick incinerator, and rubble collected on site. Besides using the collected rubble as a base for the cob structure, other salvaged elements comprise major features of the project: the front fence was reconstructed from the preexisting fence; a majority of the stone edging was created by stones found while clearing the landscape in preparation for construction; the arbor was constructed from old wash line poles found on site; broken bricks pulled from another project were mixed with concrete and cast into vegetable beds, creating durable insulated planters while reducing the amount of concrete used ( and they also just have a unique effect); pathways and patio areas were laid using concrete broken out of the driveway and previous pathways. (When a little more broken concrete was needed, we busted out an old pad at another project a few blocks away.) Far from a perfectly polished garden, this landscape now serves as a lush and inviting space for my clients, their friends and family to gather and enjoy each other’s company. Days after construction was finished the couple hosted their wedding reception in the garden—everyone danced, drank and celebrated, christening the garden and the union!
Welcoming Entry Garden with Flowers
Welcoming Entry Garden with Flowers
Plan-it Earth DesignPlan-it Earth Design
colorful flowers and foliage greet you as you come up the center walk of this small urban home. Lawn is used as a sweeping pathway and to provide a green rest for the eye
Less Water, More Beautiful
Less Water, More Beautiful
Greenwood Design Associates, LLCGreenwood Design Associates, LLC
Elfin thyme softens a stepping stone path. Penstemon 'Midnight' flowers purple in the foreground, hedge of Garrya elliptica 'Evie' (Coast Silktassel) provides a dark green backdrop along the fence. The end of season flowers are still hanging on the rosy buckwheat in the background, visible against the tall flowers spikes of Muhlenbergia rigens (Deer Grass.) Dark coral bells and pink carpet roses peek through on the right. Robyn Basso
Coronado Charmer
Coronado Charmer
Torrey Pines Landscape Co., IncTorrey Pines Landscape Co., Inc
Brick and slate entry with bright pops of color in the plantings photo-Torrey Pines Landscape Co., Inc
Barbecue Comand Center
Barbecue Comand Center
Garden Lights Landscape and Pool Development Inc.Garden Lights Landscape and Pool Development Inc.
For years I planned on installing and Outdoor Kitchen and Entertainment Space in our Backyard. With a Kitchen command Center, Large fire-it and Plant collection Plantings. My Family and friends enjoying the Command Center
Mica Slate Path
Mica Slate Path
Plan-it Earth DesignPlan-it Earth Design
A flagstone path of small stones set horizontally leads from the sidewalk to the back gate in this low maintenance front yard garden. Photo by Amy Whitworth Installation by J. Walter Landscape & Irrigation Contractor

Eclectic Front Yard Garden Design Ideas

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