Mid-Priced Front-Yard Landscape Design: Grand Entry & Beautiful Plantings

This two-story home sits on a 95-foot-wide lot with a 51-foot-deep front yard. The landscape design features a grand entryway and attractive paving that complements large planting beds.

Driveway

• The foreground bed visually extends the landscaping near the house. Plants (lamb's-ears, pearly everlasting, red New England aster, switchgrass) carry a violet, white, and gray theme for continuity.
• The concrete driveway's horizontal lines echo the house architecture. Limestone pavers edge the driveway; substitute granite or local stone if desired.
• The garage corner is softened with a robust bed featuring a flowering crabapple, dwarf evergreens, spirea, New England aster, ornamental grass, and daylilies.

Entry Area

• Bollard lights made from 4×4s informally enclose the entry patio, defining it at night and improving safety.
• The patio around the front door uses contrasting brick and limestone pavers for an upscale, artistic look.
• A simple wooden bench to the right of the door provides a waiting area and a subtle welcome.

Foundation Garden

• Linear beds and a neatly clipped yew hedge match the entry and house architecture. The bed includes tall maidengrass, white coneflower, daylilies, and Van Houtte spirea.
• In the foreground, the white bark of 'Heritage' river birch matches the house trim and provides year-round interest.
• In the background, a board fence is upgraded with a diamond-shape lattice top for a more ornamental, less imposing look.

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