Low evergreen shrubs along the front foundation provide year round interest.

AMS Landscape Design Studios, Inc.

Potager

Catherine Rawnsley Garden Design

Luscious lavender

Pretty Organic Vegetable Garden in front yard!

Home & Garden Design, Atlanta - Danna Cain, ASLA

A pretty, organic vegetable garden in the front yard. The 4 raised stone beds separated by mulched paths is called a parterre garden. Photographer: Danna Cain, Home & Garden Design, Inc.

The Potager Garden

Artisan Landscapes

Drought 2015 gardens

Susie Dowd Markarian, Landscape Design

Chris Kitterdge Photography, Susie Dowd Markarian Designer, Santa Rosa CA. LANDZEN contractor

Drought tolerant and deer proof

Brown Dion Design

This is their garden about a year later. Native and drought tolerant plants fill the area between the street and the set-back deer fence. The fence is transparent to keep a friendly face to neighbors.

Front Yard Farm

Seattle Urban Farm Company

A large south-facing suburban front lawn was converted into an edible garden that doubles as a dynamic and functional threshold to the front entryway of the home. The client, a young family with 2 small children, needed the space to remain relatively low maintenance and act as a teaching tool for the kids. The stone and timber raised beds and simple pathways help contain the gardening spaces and maintain clear lines to move through the site, whether it be to the front door, the driveway, or another part of the garden. Layered around the clean, simple lines of the terraced garden are more organic spaces that are planted with perennial beneficial and edible flowers and along the fence line is a single sweep of lavender. Hilary Dahl

Metal Railing with Wood Cap

Revolution Landscape

This simple, architectural railing serves to separate the garden space from the front yard driveway.

Harvest at Home

Hoy Landscaping Inc.

Fill a fall flower bed with the harvest bounty of the season. This is just one of many instances where a keen landscaping professional can create a lasting impression at the end of the planting season. Photo by: Jeff Kain

Floral Abundance

Firecracker, LLC

This active family with two young boys wanted a place to grow food, lounge in the front yard with friends and have blooms upon blooms of midwestern flowers to enjoy. Custom tuteurs, vegetable beds and benches frame the center of the garden, surrounded by low maintenance flowering shrubs, trees and perennials. Evergreen grasses form the understory of the borders. A bulb layer will be installed summer of 2017. Photo credit: Naomi Goodman

A San Jose Edible Garden

User

The owners search for seed of unusual varieties of edibles, and propagate the seedlings themselves. photo...Caitlin Atkinson

Alexandra Hills Courtyard

Orterra

This small front courtyard was designed to meet the families requirement to get the most out of their limited space. The garden has been designed to as an edible garden within which, natural play spaces have been allowed for children to engage with their outdoor environment.

Craftsman Urban Farm

Revolution Landscape

Custom steel planter with meyer lemon tree.

Farmhouse Landscape

Mercer Island Production Garden and Native Landscape-In Process

Seattle Urban Farm Company

We worked with the owner of this Mercer Island home to completely transform his large, shady backyard and unproductive vegetable garden into a sunny productive space. The new extensive annual vegetable garden features deep raised beds, wide pathways, small production greenhouse, a tool shed, rain garden and patio for entertaining. The site will also includes native plantings, cut-flower garden and a small farm stand that the owner will stock with the extra bounty from his garden. Hilary Dahl

Edmonds english garden

Washington Landscape and Design LLC

Gary Ward

Валерия

Hochbeete - der kleine Garten nach Maß

Schreinerei Simbeck

Bei schönen Wetter kann das Frühbeet fast komplett geöffnet werden.

Front Yard Garden Design Ideas with a Vegetable Garden

Get Inspired by Gardens on Houzz

A lot of the time when you get home from a long day at work, all you want to do is wind down. Where better to do this than in your very own garden at home? If you do it right, a great garden design can send you right into holiday mode. But where to start? There’s so many styles to choose from when it comes to garden design. Whether you want to create a tropical, modern, contemporary, beach style or country garden - or something else entirely - the large garden image gallery on Houzz has got you covered. Get inspired and collect your ideas to narrow down your desired garden style and features.

How to Create a Garden for Your Home

Depending on which style you’re going for, be sure to know what makes a garden and if it’s appropriate for your climate. You may want to consider adding a deck or other landscaping features, but the plants you choose will mostly dictate your style and what kind of ongoing maintenance is required. Don’t worry if your backyard isn’t very spacious - there are many plants that can thrive even in a small space and allow you to turn your space into a little paradise of your own, regardless of size.

Decide which plants to use

The greenery you choose is critical to your look. For example, if you’re trying to create a tropical garden palm trees and bamboo are your go-to options. Other popular options are golden cane palm trees and fern for ground cover. From there you can add some colour with bright flowers like frangipani, hibiscus or bromeliads. All these are actually quite hardy plants, so once established, your tropical garden is actually quite easy to maintain. Use this structure and apply it to your style. Research which plants you need to set your base for a garden and go from there.

Add some decor

If the plants don’t quite do it for you yet, or if you want to add some extra wow-factor, consider adding some extra features. Even if you can’t accommodate a swimming pool, hot tub or pond, you could look at smaller water features. Simple rocks can also have a great effect, while statues and gnomes will add some extra character. Don’t forget to add some furniture so you have a nice place to sit and enjoy your garden!

Need some help?

Once you know what you want your garden to look like, it may be hard to make it a reality on your own. If that is the case for you, consider consulting a professional to help you with your garden design. Every photo you find on Houzz will lead you to the local pro that did the job, so you won’t have a problem picking the perfect person to help! Whether you need a gardener in Brisbane, a landscape architect in Melbourne or a fireplace installer in Sydney, you can be sure to find one on Houzz.