Don't Neglect Your Front Yard Landscaping! Try These 4 Landscape Design Ideas in New Albany and Powell, OH
In many ways, the front yard can be the crown jewel of your home, especially with the right level of maintenance, care, and additions. The space between the street and your home will create the public’s perception of your home. It also influences how your guests will feel welcome at your home. Landscaping companies can truly transform the curb appeal of your home. As you plan out your landscape renovation this year, don’t neglect your front yard landscaping. Try these four landscape design ideas in New Albany and Powell, OH.
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Embracing Natural Curves
The beauty of the landscape is one of the main draws when buying a home. Unless you’re going for a very formal look and your landscape is perfectly flat, embrace the natural curves of the landscape in a front yard design. The right landscaping will make the home feel as though it belongs. Work with existing natural landscape features such as a boulder or a prominent tree and look for ways to create a pleasing transition between the home and the natural elements - for example, by putting a low seat wall on the outer edge of your entry walkway. The masonry will help integrate the home into the surroundings and the placement of the wall (just high enough to sit on comfortably) will immediately offer a warm embrace to your guests, even at night when landscape lights integrated into the wall offer soft ambient lighting to illuminate the walkway.
Layering with Plant Life
A well-curated front landscape design will cover the majority of the area with vibrant plant life. While most of this space can be covered with a classic lawn, it’s important to layer the landscape with different types of plants such as shrubs, ground cover, flowers, and trees.
The old-school method of having an expanse of lawn and some dense evergreen foundation plantings has gone by the wayside. It’s a boring look and partially obscures the home - including windows - which results in an unwelcoming look.
Create a gorgeous transitional space using a variety of low-growing plants, shrubs, ornamental grasses, and trees extending several yards from the home (and not in a perfect arc, either but in more organic shapes) to add dimension to the front yard.
Intelligent Lighting Design
A front yard with inadequate lighting comes off as unwelcoming. If your current front entry lighting consists of a bright floodlight, it’s time to bring the lighting theme into the modern era with low-lying, more subtle lighting that safely illuminates walking surfaces and offers just enough ambient light to make the space attractive and inviting. For best results, use a combination of different strategies to create a rich visual environment. Our lighting designers can help you come up with the perfect plan to highlight the beauty of your front yard and your entryway.
Upgrading Your Walkway
The paved surfaces of your front yard are a vital part of the overall perception of your entire front yard landscape. Concrete and asphalt typically take away from the beauty of the home and the landscape; and they’re relatively short-lived. Paver driveways and walkways are significantly more attractive, elegant, and in keeping with the architectural style of the home. There are so many choices. Pavers can be inspired by natural stones, clay brick, or even modern materials like brushed concrete. While you’re at it, create a warm welcome (literally) by installing a driveway heating system under the driveway pavers and the front walkway pavers, to keep these surfaces clear of snow and ice. Your guests will appreciate the gesture!