Designing and decorating a front garden with your own hands is a task, although not easy for several reasons, but very beautiful. Usually, too small an area of the yard is allocated for it, such that the gardener’s soul, even with all its desire, will not be able to unfold properly.
Front garden in front of the house
But the front garden is the “face of the house.” Although it is located next to a dusty road, it should look its best! One look at the area near the home gives an idea of the owners.
Light front garden - simple and fast
The determining factor in the composition of the front garden is its size. The area of the plot allocated for the palisade dictates to us the ways of its design. Next, I will consider the design option for a small site.
A beautiful front garden is an example to follow
Depending on your desire, you can make either a decorative low fence from a picket fence, or an openwork forged one, or do without a fence at all. Of course, a metal fence will last much longer than a wooden one, and no maintenance is required. The photo below is a very good example of a beautiful wooden front garden.
Front garden with wooden fence
I do not recommend making a fence from a profile! Any dense fence is unsuitable for a real front garden. Even a plastic fence will look better than a corrugated sheet... As a last resort, make it out of mesh and spread bindweed over it.
A small front garden in the form of a flower bed
There are techniques for visually enlarging a very small front garden. They are similar to those used when planning a small plot.
Winding path in the front garden
For example, make the path running through it a little longer by giving it a bend. This technique works both in large areas and in areas of modest size. In the second case, it is recommended to make the path narrower so that the bend is visually noticeable.
Front garden design - gravel, stone and wood accents
If there are a lot of details in a small front garden that you want to look at, then it will always seem a little larger. You shouldn’t add all the inclusions in one go; add them little by little so that you don’t get a feeling of sameness.
Beautiful front garden
As experience shows, if you add one detail at least once a week, the overall picture of landscape design looks more multifaceted. After all, you have time to think about every little thing. A front garden, beautifully decorated with your own hands, is a wonderful prelude to the front of the house.
Front garden design with a low fence
Once again I will duplicate the title photo, focusing your attention on the fence and the rose bush. The design itself in this front garden is made in a fairly classic manner, with a lawn, without an abundance of flower beds.
Animal figures in the front garden
All kinds of animal figurines will look beautiful in front of the entrance to the house. they can be placed near a pond, fountain or simply in a flower bed.
Mini pond in the front garden
Small containers with water, gravel backfill, small ceramic figurines - all these nuances will create the unique character of your front garden.
For example, a very tiny fountain, figures on the lawn, beautiful stones, a standard rose - all this will not take up much space, but will attract attention.
Decorating the front garden with ceramic figurines
If your front garden is bordered by trees, then you can use them, hang a decorative birdhouse on the branches, plant figurines of birds or some animals.
One of the simple techniques for decorating a front garden is to display beautiful plants in tubs, highlighting them with a backfill of decorative gravel or pebbles.
Conifers in the front garden
You can make small stands from scrap materials (stumps, bricks, etc.) that will raise your plants above the overall composition, giving it an interesting volume.
Another way is to make “tiers” in the front garden, using such a simple technique as retaining walls, only in miniature.
Multi-tiered front garden
If one tier of plants is raised above the others by 20-30 cm, this will also make the front garden more interesting. For example, you can design height differences as in the photo - using pebbles and decorative bricks.
The main thing is that in a small area there is a general stylistic and compositional concept. Then such a front garden can become the highlight of your home.
Large front garden
A larger front garden allows us to “roam around” by arranging a lawn on it, planting bushes, trees, flower beds, ridges, and even equipping a patio.
An example of a large front garden
You can learn about this from my previous article.
Pergolas in the front garden
If you want to use this part of the site for gatherings, it is recommended to protect it somewhat from prying eyes - for example, with a hedge, a pergola with climbing plants, or (as a last resort) a structure with a camouflage net.
Lawn in the front garden
When designing a front garden, the appearance of the house should also be taken into account, since the front garden, garden and house should be a single ensemble created on your site.
Front garden of incredible beauty
This can be achieved in different ways. Firstly, the stylistic direction in the design of all components is important. If your house is built in a rural style, you shouldn’t set up a Japanese rock garden, etc. next to it.
The second way is to use the same materials in the design of the front garden as in the construction and decoration of the house, and also use the colors present on the facade.
Compact front garden
A garden path lined with clinker bricks will harmonize well with the brick walls of the house. You can plant flowers to match the color in which the outer walls of the house are painted, you can decorate the front garden with driftwood that matches the style of the log walls, etc.
When designing a front garden, it is necessary to take into account how it will harmonize with the rest of the area.
The front garden should be designed in the same style as the rest of the area. Naturally, the best option would be to design the garden and front garden at the same time.
Select plants for the front part of the garden taking into account their size and how much shade the plants cast. Trees should not be excessively tall so as not to cast a shadow on the house, and bushes should not interfere with the approach, grow too much or interfere with the view from the windows.
Select plants with a long flowering period so that they decorate the front garden from early spring to late autumn. Plants should have attractive foliage and be consistent in size and color. If you like flowers with a strong scent, plant them closer to your home so the scent can penetrate open windows.
Lawn in the front garden
Almost every front garden has a path, because this part of the garden is also a passageway. The best choice for a driveway surface is an all-weather surface such as pavers, tiles or bricks. Or you can make a path in the front garden from a soft surface - gravel, crushed stone or granite chips.
Front garden without fencing
You can make a border along the edges. The width of such a path is about one and a half meters, so that two people can separate on it. Before entering the house, it can be slightly expanded for convenience.
Very beautiful front gardens in Germany! When my husband and I were there in our car, driving through rural streets, we stopped at literally every house. The Germans treat design with such care, they put so much effort into the arrangement that one can only admire their hard work!
Of course, rural, in their understanding, is not at all the same as in ours... Their villages are more like our towns, with pavements, stone houses and so on...
German front gardens
Here are some photos from the trip. These are not typical houses, see my other posts for more details.
Front garden in Germany
Well, at the end of my material, I want to show you another video of ideas for decorating front gardens. Still, the face of the house must be in perfect condition. Watch and be inspired!
The front garden is part of the local area where flower beds, shrubs and tree plantings are located. This is a kind of “calling card” of the house, the first thing that catches the eyes of guests. This is a suitable place for placing garden furniture, playgrounds and ponds. Therefore, special attention is paid to the arrangement of front gardens. It is important not only to select the most suitable species of ornamental plants, but also to carefully landscape and decorate the area. The most original solution is to arrange the front garden with your own hands, guided only by your own ideas about beauty. But even in this case, a few important tips will not hurt.
Depending on the principle of location, front gardens are:
The main purpose of an open front garden is to give the house an attractive appearance from the outside. In this case, many factors have to be taken into account: terrain features, surroundings, intensity of traffic flow on the nearest highway, etc. If the territory being developed does not entirely fit into the field of view, even from a great distance, it is advisable to divide it into separate zones. Hedges are often planted along the perimeter - they will not become a barrier from uninvited guests, but they can beautifully outline the boundaries of the site.
Flowers and ornamental plants will decorate your yard
The design of a closed front garden should first of all provide a beautiful view from the window of the home. In this case, a hedge protects the area from noise, car exhaust and prying eyes. For these purposes, fences or thorny bushes are often used - gooseberries, rosehips, barberries or hawthorns.
Green bushes and flowers will fill the yard with freshness and beauty
Covered front gardens are small lawns, lined with the same hedge of bushes.
Small, neat hedges are typical for covered front gardens
Formal front gardens are convenient when there is a shortage of space, because... they take up very little space. Containers are used for planting, often having an original shape, colorful and beautifully decorated.
A small front garden will become part of the territory
When choosing a style for decorating a front garden, you need to realize that the very concept of style here is quite arbitrary. There are no strict frameworks within which this or that principle of territory development fits. Mixed styles are often practiced, including those with numerous ethnic inclusions. The requirements for the methods of designing a front garden in this case are very vague, and strict adherence to any rules is not required.
Typically, the characteristics of the home and the adjacent land plot are taken into account, as well as the solutions already used in this area. Below we will look at some of the fashionable styles that landscape design professionals are working with on small-sized plots available in densely built-up cities.
The concept of style for a front garden is quite arbitrary
The Art Nouveau style is characterized by a refusal to use a straight line when designing a front garden. Graceful, often trailing plants create a bright, bold and asymmetrical look. Another solution is to install wooden trellises that are high enough to allow clematis, which is actively used by modern landscape designers, to grow well next to them. It is better to make the details of the grilles pretentious and elegant, without crossing the line beyond which minimalism ends.
Such a sophisticated plant as a rose combines restraint and luxury well. If the house has a wide entrance opening, the use of standard climbing roses will not interfere with either guests or owners. If the doors are narrow, then it is better to plant such a plant near the arch, installed in front of the path leading to the entrance. It is better to choose the color of roses so that it contrasts with the background of clematis. Also, the beauty of rose flowers is emphasized by the dark greenery of ivy - it can also be planted near the arch.
For planting along paths, there is nothing better than low-growing and groundcover roses that create specific “borders.” It is best to fill the rest of the area with lavender, catnip, thyme or heather. You can also plant potted plants at the entrance - yew or boxwood. It is advisable to give them a nice haircut when they grow up.
The high-tech style is best suited for small, simple front gardens, the design of which does not require excessive financial and time expenditure, but produces spectacular results. This style is characterized by focusing the observer’s attention on only one bright color - for example, green. The main components of design are symmetry and geometry. Decorative elements are selected accordingly: cast supports, galvanized arches, large metal containers with unusual sculpture shapes and even several concrete cubes. It is advisable to use boxwood or steel strips as borders with strict lines.
High-tech style is characterized by straight lines and correct symmetry.
The placement of the tallest woody plants should also be symmetrical relative to the house. It is better to plant them in the middle of flower beds. It is advisable to opt for standard trees with a strict crown - maple, white acacia or bignonia catalpa.
To frame standard forms, use smaller trees in tubs or pots. It is better for them to take a place closer to the threshold, breaking the symmetry that reigns everywhere for a change. A good place to place an arch is the space in front of the entrance to the house. It’s a good idea to plant a couple of plants that contrast with each other next to the arch (like holoflowered jasmine or Henry’s honeysuckle). Decorative elements (sculptures, containers) and plants of the same size with white flowers also balance each other.
Bright design elements are perennial shrubs blooming in scarlet, yellow or deep blue. The yellow color scheme will be provided by St. John's wort or rudbeckia flowers, and the red color by kniphofia or Indian canna. Plant the rest of the area with unusual vegetation of modest colors. Low-growing grasses, spotted grass, various ferns, small periwinkle or trifoliate Waldsteinia are suitable here. All potted plants in a high-tech front garden should fit in no more than five containers.
To decorate the area, you can choose green and flowering shrubs
For a front garden in the minimalist style, the main thing is originality. After all, creating something memorable under spatial restrictions is not an easy task. Here it is appropriate to combine strict elegance with lush filling. It is recommended to divide a small space in two, and plant one woody, main, climbing and potted plant in each part. In this case, it is advisable to make the combinations contrasting and striking.
Opposite a large tree, you can plant small but lush bushes. In this case, the combination of bean and spirea also looks great. An elegant support for climbing stems looks good close to the tree trunk. The decoration on the opposite side will be, for example, an obelisk with a climbing rose, and for the arch at the entrance, a vine of maiden grapes would be better suited. A pair of flower beds placed on the site requires symmetrical design. Two medium-sized perennials with discreet colors are perfect for this. This could be echinacea, lavender, cereals, rudbeckia, heuchera, heather, etc.
For a bright accent, you can display several pots of summer flowers near the threshold.
Flowers in the front garden can be displayed in pots
Each style, no matter how strict it may be, provides freedom of action for the owner of the front garden. It consists not only in the choice of ornamental crops, but also in the design of the place where they grow. The concept of landscape design also includes the choice of soil for plant growth, the structure of an arch or fence, the color and shape of pots, etc. All this together makes numerous individual changes to the adopted style.
It is quite acceptable for the front garden fence to be replaced by a hedge. If you need an artificial fence, then it is important to clearly understand for what purposes you are going to use it. If for decorative purposes, then a low fence made of any material is quite suitable. If you want to protect your front garden from outsiders, then you need a real, high and durable fence. In any case, you need the fence to be beautiful and harmonize as much as possible with the surrounding landscape.
The advantage of wooden fences is their low price, environmental friendliness, ease of painting and processing. Are used. Basically, there are two types of lumber - picket fence and timber.
The picket fence is assembled from wooden boards attached to two profiles. When building a picket fence yourself, it is important to leave a gap between the boards. Firstly, it looks beautiful, and secondly, the shadow from such a fence falls no less beautifully on flowerbeds, pots and the plants themselves in sunny weather. Painting the boards in bright, alternating colors also contributes to the attractiveness of the fence as a landscape decoration.
A timber fence is much thicker and stronger than a picket fence. You can decorate it not only with painting, but also with polishing, varnish, and artistic wood carving. Such a fence can serve not only as decoration, but also as reliable protection.
A wooden fence can also be made from available materials (stumps, pegs, branches woven together). But these are already stylized design elements that look like a fence and do not perform any functions other than aesthetic ones.
Compared to wooden ones, metal fences have an undeniable advantage - strength. But there are also disadvantages - large mass, which makes installation on site difficult, as well as high price.
Forged metal fences have the most attractive appearance. They are also the most expensive. But if you are willing to pay for beauty, the pleasure is worth it. Using forging, you can decorate the fence with a unique three-dimensional pattern. The stems of climbing plants, such as ivy or bindweed, can add even more attractiveness to it.
Fences made of metal profiles do not look as elegant, but are cheaper and quite easy to install. If you plant weaving and climbing plants along such a fence, you will get a perfectly even “hedge”.
Plastic fences are good because they are inexpensive. And often they can be collected for nothing. There are technologies that make it possible to assemble a fence not only from PVC pipes to be recycled, but even from used plastic bags. This material can be easily given any aesthetic form in which no one will recognize the former garbage. However, the strength of such a fence is low, and it has rather a decorative value. Additionally, plastic is not an environmentally friendly material ideal for outdoor recreation.
To build a fence, you can use wild stone. This is usually granite or slate with beautiful colors and complex patterns. Its noble and, at the same time, somewhat rough appearance allows you to feel the breath of history. In addition, this material is quite durable. If the boulders are fitted to each other so tightly that there is practically no gap between them, they will stick perfectly even without mortar.
The use of wild stone is hampered by its heavy weight and high cost.
Concrete and brick barriers are strong and reliable. However, it is quite difficult to give them an aesthetic appearance - after all, sometimes it is necessary for the front garden fence to be at least somewhat different from the wall of the house. However, concrete and brick fences are widespread, and owners are not going to give them up.
There are also combined fencing options that use all the materials mentioned above.
Paths are necessary not only from an aesthetic point of view, but also in order to give people the opportunity to walk through the front garden without trampling plants. There are various materials for making paths. And each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Paths made of natural stone are considered one of the best in many respects. They are durable, environmentally friendly, and look great among flowers and greenery. But the material for them is very expensive. In addition, natural stone absorbs moisture too easily, so paths made from it must be treated at least once every three years with a water-repellent solution. In winter, the stone paths are covered with an icy crust, which makes them dangerous to walk on. Due to the heavy weight of natural stone, it is difficult to lay it in the ground to create a flat surface. For this purpose, a special hammer is used, which is difficult to operate without the necessary skills.
Wooden paths can be of three types: from boards, special tiles and wooden logs. All of them are cheap and environmentally friendly, but they are not durable. In order not to change them every few months, the wood has to be treated with a special compound.
There are also some measures to extend the life of such tracks.
Much also depends on the type of wood. Paths made of oak, ash, and larch are the least susceptible to rotting.
At first glance, the brick paths seem flawless. But ordinary sand-lime brick is not very reliable as a material - it quickly disintegrates and creeps apart. Clinker brick has more suitable characteristics.
It is expensive, and even when laying it, precautions must be taken so that the paths do not separate.
A garden path made of concrete has ideal characteristics - in addition to its aesthetic appearance. In addition, concrete is not cheap, and it is almost impossible to lay it without the use of technical means.
If finances allow, you can use paving slabs, asphalt, granite, etc. as laying materials. An alternative option is to lay out the paths with pebbles, sand and even compacted turf. These are virtually cost-effective technologies, but the results often leave much to be desired.
The word "front garden" uses the root "garden". And not only flowers, but also trees should grow in the garden. Cherry trees (including the famous Japanese sakura), willow, spruce, and thuja are considered the most suitable for arranging a front garden. If you have enough experience and free time, you can try to decorate the area with exotic plants - natives of the subtropics. At the same time, you should think about how to heat the tree in winter. The most acceptable option is the summer exposition of the “overseas guest” in the front garden and the construction of a temporary winter greenhouse around it.
A front garden is unthinkable without numerous shrubs. Some of them serve as hedges, others grow inside the perimeter solely as decoration. The first include, first of all, thorny bushes, such as thorns or hawthorns. Exotic lovers can use for this purpose in the summer even plants that are unusual for a temperate climate, such as cacti. Of course, with the passing of the summer heat, the pots with “green hedgehogs” should be moved under the roof.
Absolutely thornless, but extremely dense bushes that grow densely and are easy to trim are also suitable as fencing. Such plants include honeysuckle, snowberry, etc.
There are many ornamental shrubs grown in the front garden solely for beauty. Recently, due to the fashion for the so-called “alpine slides”, preference is often given to creeping plants - for example, juniper. There are cases when polar plants such as dwarf birches were successfully grown in the climatic conditions of the middle zone.
Standing apart are climbing plants used in the decorative design of hundreds, fences and gazebos. Growing ivy or bindweed on a plot of land is a win-win option, capable of decorating and beautifying the area under any circumstances.
And, of course, what kind of front garden would be without flowers? The best is considered to be a combination of beautifully and brightly flowering perennials (for example, roses) with modest wildflowers - catnip, lupine, heather, etc. However, there are no established canons here, and the possibilities for experimentation are endless.
Anything is suitable as decor for the front garden - from natural materials to old utensils or furniture. Very often, old things decorated with fresh flowers create a unique atmosphere of the rural outback, even in the courtyard of a modern multi-story building. Bird feathers, sea shells or colorful pebbles from the coast can completely change the usual ideas about landscape design.
Let's move on from ideas to action. For a front garden, you need to mark out the area, install a fence, lay paths and decorate it with beautiful plants.
Literally anything that comes to hand can be used for decoration. It is difficult to give advice here: everyone decorates their front garden according to their imagination. There are only a few general recommendations that have been proven by experience.
It is necessary to care for plants in your garden all year round. The care procedure includes watering the plants, cultivating and fertilizing the soil, trimming the bushes, pinching and whitewashing the trees.
Caring for the fence, path and decorative elements involves regular repairs and updating if necessary.
In conclusion, we can say that these descriptions and advice are by no means a dogma that you need to strictly follow when designing your front garden. After all, each owner of a house and the adjacent plot of land has his own tastes, preferences and ideas about beauty. The possibilities for creative exploration here are almost endless, which makes it possible not to stop there.
Of course, you know that a front garden is usually called a piece of land leading from a house to a road. It can be used in different ways. Most often, the front garden in front of the house is planted with beautiful flowers and a flower bed is made, a smooth and comfortable path is arranged, and compositions are created from other plants. Where, if not in the front garden, can you implement the most daring and creative design solutions? Our article is just about this - the opportunity to arrange a front garden with your own hands, without resorting to the expensive services of landscape designers.
Depending on the design chosen, the front garden can be:
Please answer one simple question. What is your priority when arranging your front garden: personal preferences or the opinion of random passers-by? Depending on this, the design of the front garden can be divided into 2 types:
However, you can combine these two types to achieve maximum results. In “Russian” front gardens there are often wooden products, in “European” ones there are even steps, plants in flowerpots, and so on. The style can be anything from Mediterranean to rustic.
You can arrange your own front garden yourself. It's inexpensive and effective. A picket fence painted white looks very nice. The fencing function of the picket fence is conditional - it serves rather as a decoration for the site. Armed with a small set of tools, you can assemble such a decoration with your own hands.
So, you will need the following tools and materials:
It is best to start construction work by installing pillars that are buried in the ground to a decent depth. The distance should be the same. In principle, they can simply be installed on anchors and filled with concrete. To do this, prepare a hole in the ground, insert a tin pipe with a galvanized anchor inside it. After pouring concrete, crossbars are screwed to the posts, and boards are screwed to them. A gate is hung on a pole using loops.
To make the picket fence look beautiful in the photo, the posts and boards are painted in a bright color. It can be different colors - the fence will turn out original! Also, the arrangement of a home front garden should include treating the fence with a protective compound. It prevents the appearance of fungi and mold. Paint is applied to wood only after processing.
To ensure that the picket fence you install lasts as long as possible, do not forget to take care of it. Our tips will help you with this:
How to decorate a front garden in an unusual and beautiful way; is it possible to do without special techniques? Our answer is yes, and a variety of plants will help you with this. To successfully select vegetation, take into account the general style of the front garden. Below we will look at several representatives of the flora and talk about the key features of each group.
Lush apple and pear trees are a real find for those who would like to.
For a do-it-yourself front garden, it is better to take standard plants. This is the name given to shrubs that have smooth, neat crowns. Don’t even doubt it – your site lacked just such a design. It is best to buy standard plants in special nurseries and greenhouses.
Using shrubs of small height, you can quickly create a hedge of living plants. Hawthorn will also work; rosehip is a good option. All three shrubs have brightly colored fruits. Thanks to them, in the fall the territory is transformed beyond recognition. And if you make an arch in the hedge, the area will look very romantic!
To create an attractive, geometrically correct composition, use coniferous trees.
Their spherical or cone-shaped shapes look very advantageous! 4-5 such trees will be quite enough. 8-10 is already too much, the front garden will be overloaded with plantings of the same type. The only exception is a hedge, when plants are planted around the perimeter or in one row in front of the facade.
As for the species, choose bushes and trees that are easy to trim: dwarf spruce, boxwood, thuja. But it is not recommended to use tall plants - after a few years their crowns will begin to look into your windows and cover the entire decor.
In regions with a very warm climate, it is best to plant plants in the front garden that will delight you from March to October. unique is very simple. It is enough to place several clay jugs and garden figurines on the site, or build a wooden craft. Peonies, dahlias, phlox and asters are considered universal options. Lush florals turn even the drabest fence into a luxurious gateway.
It is convenient to let clematis planted near the house on trellises - just like wisteria and honeysuckle.
In a relatively short period of time they will turn the fence into a thick green screen. Always use climbing plants if you need to divide the front garden into several zones at once or draw a clear line between the road and the site.
Especially for you, we have prepared several creative ideas that can be used this spring.
Landscape designers share techniques and give advice to those who don’t know how to decorate a front garden with their own hands at minimal cost:
Building a front garden will require some effort, imagination and a little creativity. The result will definitely please you - the territory will bloom with bright colors and will stand out favorably against the background of neighboring territories.
The space enclosed by a fence in front of the house is usually called the front garden, and the fence itself is called the palisade. This territory involves the organization of flowering flower beds, as well as the design of a path that leads to the house. There may be a decorative arch or a compositional solution made of stones and low trees. In short, this is a field for extensive imagination and creativity. With diligence and care, you can create a charming front garden yourself.
A cute front garden will help add charm to your home.The areas in front of the house vary in type; it is important to know these features when planning the design of the front garden in front of the house. In landscape design, according to the degree of openness, front gardens are divided into two types:
When the front garden is open, both from the roadway and from the yard, everything that is present in the front garden is clearly visible. In this case, there cannot be high fences. If the area in front of the house is surrounded by a high hedge or fence, this is an example of a closed front garden.
To plan your front garden, you can take any style as a basis: romantic, rustic, Japanese, Mediterranean. In this case, the surrounding environment will be of great importance. The front garden can be organized next to the parking area located near the house, you can make it a “satellite” of the garden path that leads to the house, and also place it against the backdrop of a fence or wall of the house.
Each front garden has its own style In landscape design, the entrance area is given great importance, because it is the “face” of your property. A small area may well be an excellent front garden. It's all about choosing the right plants.
If, when planning the territory, it is determined that most of the space from the fence to the buildings is sown with lawn, the front garden is transferred to the porch area. A harmonious combination of a paved path, porch decoration and a flowering front garden will help create a unified mood. The style in which the entire composition will be performed will depend on the architecture of the buildings.
The picturesque front garden near the porch will be well complemented by climbing plants. It is better to choose from wisteria, campsis or common honeysuckle. This green background will refresh the walls of the house and will also highlight flowering plants. The porch can be decorated with hanging plants, which can be conveniently hung in pots. The composition will acquire a fairytale mood thanks to the use of lavender and hydrangea in the design.
Of course, roses will give a picturesque look to the front garden. A decorative arch next to the gate or a pergola entwined with climbing roses will be a wonderful addition to the overall picture. During the flowering period, roses will fill the yard with their delicious, attractive aroma.
Plants in the front garden go well with the fence Landscape designers today offer an alpine hill and even a pond and rock garden as ideas for decorating a front garden. Planting tall shrubs and trees in a small area is not entirely correct, but dwarf species of coniferous trees will look great in a small front garden.
Quite simple but useful tips will become the starting point in your boundless creativity. Taking into account the design subtleties, you will be able to create unique beauty on the site in front of the house with your own hands and cope with this task no worse than design professionals.
The desire to decorate the front garden is not difficult to realize. To implement ideas and plans you will need persistence, some patience and time. The design of a flower garden in front of the house requires ideas, and if there are none, then inspiration is easy to awaken by looking at the designers’ work in the photo.
The low fence doesn’t cover anything and doesn’t let strangers in The presence of a fence near the front garden indicates its completeness. Undoubtedly, there is a grain of practicality in a high stone fence, but there is little beauty in such a structure.
Quite often, a fence made of galvanized mesh with a green PVC coating is chosen for the front garden. This mesh is durable and easy to install. If the fence is high, it will be a good barrier for hooligans, but will not cover the flower beds and other decorations located behind it.
Practical fence made of galvanized mesh with PVC coating A dense hedge is an interesting design option. What trees are suitable? Choose thuja or boxwood snowberry. A luxurious wrought iron fence will, of course, add elegance, but the classic option is still a wooden picket fence.
An important part of the decor of the area in front of a private house is the path to the entrance. When designing it, take into account the style of the architecture of the buildings and the entire site as a whole. A long path looks better when it is winding.
Flower beds in the form of baskets of flowers - a gift to the household When selecting accessories when decorating the front garden, it is necessary to take into account the overall style of the house and its surroundings. You should not overload the essentially insignificant area of the front garden with an inappropriate variety of delights. When choosing decorations for the front garden, you can choose a garden sculpture made of polystone or wood, a large stone, an interestingly designed gate, or something else that you especially liked.
Lamps will help make the landscape more harmonious. They will add special charm and mystery to your property in the evening.
There are countless opportunities to decorate your front garden with your own hands using available materials. They can be made from old car tires, plastic and glass bottles, or any other old items. We demonstrate only one of the many options described in our articles.
Undoubtedly, plants play a major role in the overall theater of action. They must be selected very carefully and scrupulously. It is the flowers that determine the main accents.
The choice of plantings for the front garden is made based on the design style of the entire territory of the site. Let's give some practical tips on design rules so that the final picture becomes attractive and harmonious:
Bright plants look great against a neutral wall background It is better to choose perennials. Ornamental trees and bushes would also be appropriate. Stop at the common juniper or one of its species - evergreen boxwood, common barberry and others.
Standard tree species will be the best option for a front garden. Flower beds can be arranged around their trunks. For such purposes, a standard thuja or a thuja in the form of a ball is ideal.
When planning, try to choose those flowers that will bring you joy with their bloom all year round. Excellent options would be forget-me-nots, violas, primroses, and perennial daisies.
Daffodils begin to bloom in May, and peonies, irises, tiger lilies and Turkish carnations will bloom in mid-summer. Subsequently, marigolds, ampelous petunias, cultivated nasturtiums, chrysanthemums and phlox should be planted. In August, blooming asters and late-blooming chrysanthemums will delight the eye.
When choosing plants, consider in which direction of the world the front garden is located. The northern location obliges you to choose plants that tolerate shade well - for example, mosses, hostas or even ferns.
Conifer flower beds serve as decoration regardless of the season It’s wonderful that a front garden can delight you both in spring and autumn, and also remain attractive at any time of the year. This is easy to achieve by planting conifers and trees with brightly colored trunks and branches, such as barberry or maple, on the area near the house. Planting such plants will make the winter flower garden lively and cheerful.
The surface between bushes and trees that is empty in winter will be covered in spring with flowers of annuals or perennials. Choose chrysanthemums, cereals, bulbs, daylilies or asters.
Decorating a front garden in front of your house with your own hands will be quite easy and pleasant if you take our tips into account when creating it. The work will bring you a lot of positive emotions, and the final result will please not only you, but also those around you.
The adjacent area is the first thing that attracts the attention of passers-by and out-of-town guests. You can give this area a well-groomed appearance with the help of a front garden decorated with variegated flowers, voluminous ornamental shrubs and other vegetation that emphasizes the beauty and sophistication of the area in front of the house.
From this article you will learn how to beautifully decorate your front garden with flowers and what types of plants to choose so that the area adjacent to the house maintains a presentable appearance for a long time.
Most summer residents make the same mistake when arranging their front garden: when choosing vegetation, they focus exclusively on its decorative properties.
The aesthetic design of the adjacent area is, of course, important, but we must not forget about convenience: think about how to provide unhindered access to all the details so that it is convenient to care for plants and be able to relax among all this natural splendor.
Be sure to consider the following points:
It is also necessary to think about how to decorate the local area so that it looks presentable from different angles. We recommend focusing on the color scheme of the walls of a country cottage if the front garden fits tightly against it. If the facade is painted in a bright color, plant flowers with a restrained palette. It is better to complement dark or pale walls with the bright colors of the flower garden.
Study the photo to understand how to beautifully plant ornamental plants in the front garden: keep in mind that the area of the garden also matters. If the area adjacent to a country house is of modest size, choose unobtrusive types of vegetation without large foliage and large buds. For a small front garden, small flowers of a cold palette, for example, blue bells, are more suitable. It is desirable that the flower leaves have a soft green color.
Be sure to take into account the location of plant elements in the area adjacent to the house in relation to the cardinal points. There are types of vegetation that need a lot of sunlight and those that require shady areas.
One of the most asked questions when arranging front gardens is how to properly plant flowers in the front garden so that they bloom all summer and delight with colorful colors throughout the warm season. To achieve this result, plant varieties that bloom for a long time nearby. At the end of flowering of one variety, neighboring plants will not allow the front garden to fade.
Another great solution is to plant vegetation that will bloom in subsequent seasons, i.e. give preference to perennial plants.
Another consideration for arranging plant elements at the entrance to a home concerns choosing a focal point. Think about which plant to place in the central part of the front garden, and thanks to what details you can attract maximum attention to it. For example, you can plant a voluminous shrub or ornamental tree in the center of the mini-garden. Large flower beds decorated with multi-colored elements look especially impressive. As a central detail, you can also use an arched structure, a pergola entwined with vines.
Other green corner details will surround the central element. Here you can plant low flowers, install MAFs, and make borders. It is preferable to place the most expressive details in a well-lit area.
Often variegated plants are used to decorate the area next to the gate.
Interesting options can be found among ready-made diagrams with a list of suitable plants: study the appearance of green elements for the local area, their names and look at photo examples.
When improving front gardens, it is easiest to be guided by the names and photos of perennial plants. Most of these species are unpretentious and can withstand harsh natural conditions. Such vegetation will help maintain the attractiveness of the front garden in subsequent seasons.
What low-maintenance plants are suitable for arranging a front garden?
For example, you can plant rudbeckia - this tall perennial plant resembles a chamomile in appearance. Rudbeckia has a yellow core and red-orange leaves. This plant blooms in mid-July. Flowering ends with the arrival of cold weather, so until late autumn your front garden will be colorful. This flower is self-dispersing, which means you can count on the fact that next season there will be even more of these flowers in your front garden.
Advice: To extend the flowering period of rudbeckia, remove dried buds.
Roses are considered the most spectacular flowers suitable for decorating a front garden. Rose bushes make it possible to create an elegant and aristocratic decor for the garden area near the house. These colors have a varied palette, and you can combine several types to create colorful accents in your front garden.
Take proper care of roses so that they do not die during cold weather, insulate rose bushes with the arrival of autumn.
To choose varieties, study photos of rose bushes in front garden designs. Climbing varieties of roses look wonderful, especially if you make a small fence that will serve as a support for the plants.
Pergolas, arched structures and canopies can also be used as supporting structures. Surrounded by roses, you can create a relaxation area by installing a gazebo.
Other names and photos of perennial flowers suitable for decoration:
Recently, the creation of ornamental vegetable gardens in front gardens has become fashionable. To decorate such areas, plant saxifrage, sempervivum, sedum, loosestrife, cloves and a number of other plants that can fill the front garden with a variety of flowers and a pleasant smell.
If you want to create a colorful design with a rich palette, be sure to make flower beds in the front garden. To create presentable compositions, consult with professionals or contact other summer residents: they will tell you what plants are planted in their front gardens, how they react to climatic conditions and the available soil.
How to plant flowering vegetation in the front garden? First of all, guided by the seasonality of its flowering.
In the spring months, you will be pleased with the blooming peonies, fragrant lilies of the valley, white and yellow daffodils.
With the arrival of summer, bluebells, medicinal calendula and pelargoniums will bloom. We also recommend planting zinnias, which begin flowering in the first month of summer and fade with the arrival of cold weather. Zinnias come in a variety of colors: it’s up to you to decide which variety to choose—yellow, snow-white or burgundy—you can safely combine several types.
In autumn, marigolds, heleniums, colorful asters and graceful chrysanthemums bloom. By planting these flowers in your front garden, you will have the opportunity to admire the bright colors even in November. There are many flowers that differ in seasonal flowering and are suitable for decorating front gardens.
Another point that needs to be taken into account is what flowering plants to plant in the local area, if there is a stream or artificial water source in it. Not all flowers are able to take root in humid conditions; choose varieties that can adapt to this environment.
Violets, colorful cockerels and forget-me-nots grow well in moist soil. The palette of such a zone pleases with its richness; the plants will harmonize with the water source and emphasize the natural beauty.
Here is a list of shrubs suitable for decorating a house adjoining area:
Advice: those who do not have the opportunity to provide constant care for their plants should choose shrubs with a spherical crown. For example, a white acacia variety - this shrub does not need to be trimmed to create a neat shape.
If the area is decorated and surrounded by a wrought-iron fence, plant vines and other creepers in the front garden. To decorate a green corner, grapes or actidinias are suitable.
For additional landscaping, give preference to lush species that do not bloom or do so very rarely. These plants include ferns and bergenia. Using these green elements, you can divide a large area near the house into several zones.
Another group of plants ideal for decorating front gardens are conifers. In home areas of several styles, coniferous plants are mandatory elements (for example, in oriental decor).
Decorate your front garden with juniper - this shrub is not only beautiful, but also medicinal, it purifies the air and destroys harmful insects. Thuja would also be a good choice for decorating a house plot.
Many people have doubts whether it is permissible to plant spruce trees in the front garden: there is a belief that this tree has negative energy. In fact, evergreen fir trees will decorate the local area in the village all year round, so feel free to plant them in your front garden if you do not belong to the category of suspicious people who believe in omens and superstitions.
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We have provided only a small list of flowers that can be planted in the local area. Decorate the front garden with other plants: the main thing is that the green elements take root and do not interfere with neighboring plants as they grow. Study photos of flowers planted in the area near the house and fill your front garden with colorful colors.
Watch the video in which flower growers tell us what other vegetation can be planted in the front garden:
