The first thing someone will notice when they are out the front of your home is your street appeal. A nicely landscaped garden and freshly cut green lawn can definitely set the vibe for your house. If you’re considering selling, your street appeal and landscaping is something that you should definitely spend time on to ensure that first impressions count.
Landscaping doesn’t need to be expensive; you can create different looks to suit your style and reflect your budget. From large potted plants to neat hedges and natives as well as other cost-effective ideas, we have some front yard landscaping ideas to inspire you.
Create a Garden Bed Soften the edges around your home by creating a garden bed. You can fill your garden bed with many different plants, depending on the look you’re trying to achieve. For an easy to maintain garden bed, consider using plants like agave, yuccas or cordylines. You might decide to use natives for hardy plants that still give off an amazing street appeal. Natives look great with strategically placed large boulders throughout your garden bed. To assist in keeping the weeds at bay, consider mulching your garden bed with pine bark chips, which are available in a range of colours, hay or decorative pebbles or smaller rocks.
Spring Clean Your Driveway
The look of a front garden can be brought down by the appearance of a driveway. A quick driveway tip and easy fix is to use some outdoor cleaner and a wire broom to scrub the driveway and then go over with a high-pressure cleaner. Your driveway will look as good as new. If you want to go one step further, consider giving your driveway a fresh coat of paint.
Potted Plants
You may not want to go to the effort of creating a new garden or updating your garden beds, but some large pots with your plant of choice can go a long way in sprucing up around your front door, or at the edges of your garage. Choose large statement piece plants to really give that wow factor. Your local nursery will be able to suggest plants that will suit your area, ensure you consider how much sun they will or won’t get.
Front Yard Pavers & Pathways
If you want to give your home some real definition, a pathway leading to your front door can have a high impact. If you have a contemporary modern home, you ideally want your pathway to be straight and direct to your door. If your home is farmhouse style or a cottage, you would look at doing a path with natural stone or coloured gravel.
Lacking Space You might not have the room for a large garden in your front yard, think outside the square
and consider a vertical garden. There are plenty of climbing vines that can look effective or consider hanging plants that add pops of colour.
Everyone Loves Green Manicured Lawns
Take the time to care for your front lawn. Leading up to spring, remove weeds and feed your lawn with the correct lawn food for your type of lawn. If you have buffalo, ensure you do your research as some feeders can burn your lawn. Water your front lawn on a weekly basis (and drop this back to every second or third week in winter) and tidy your edges. You will have a lush green lawn in no time.
Nature Strip
Your nature strip is actually owned by your local council, yet it’s your responsibility to maintain it as a homeowner. Check with your council, but in most cases, it doesn’t need to be left just as grass, you may consider planting some trees and finish off the look of your garden.
Front Fence
If you have a front fence, or you’re considering putting one in, ensure the style of fence complements your style of home. A Hamptons style home or a country cottage look great with a white picket fence, yet if your home is brick, you may consider an aluminium slat fence.
Where to Start
Search online for photos of gardens that you like the look of, or even drive around your local area to see if any standout. This will give you a starting point. If you’re planning to do a large yard makeover, it’s a good idea to sketch your plans on paper so you have something to follow. Visit your local nursery to get the best advice on plants, mulch, and any other features that you may like to have in your garden, and most importantly, enjoy the process, the transformation will be worth the hard work!
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