6 ideas for arranging a front garden

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• 1. “High” front garden
• 2. “Rustic” front garden
• 3. Front garden lawn
• 4. Rosary
• 5. Rockery
• 6. Minimalism

In this article, we will offer you six ideas for arranging a very important and noticeable part of the local area – the front garden. We will tell you how you can create a beautiful corner here in a certain style and which plants you should choose for this.

The explanatory dictionary deciphers the name “front garden” as “a small fenced garden in front of the house.” Although, regarding the specification of “small”, one can argue – if the house is located away from the road, then the territory of the front garden can be very extensive. But otherwise, all such plots have common features – they are located in front of the house, surrounded by a fence (high or not so) and without fail need to be arranged.

The front garden is the real face of the site, the first thing that your guests will see as they walk from the gate to the house. That is why special attention should be paid to its arrangement. Whatever you decide to plant on the main site – fruit trees or vegetables – leave the front garden for flowers and ornamental plants. And our article will help you choose the design option for this site..

Such a beautifully designed front garden should not be hidden behind a continuous high fence – let it be admired not only by guests at home, but also by passers-by

1. “High” front garden

If the size of your front garden and the distance from the house allow, you can not be limited to flowers, but plant taller plants – shrubs and conifers.

Of course, in any case, you should not plant spreading trees with a powerful root system in front of the house. Firstly, they will shade the rooms, and secondly, the roots can damage the foundation or the path around the house..

When choosing seedlings for a “high front garden”, give preference to graceful thujas, sprawling junipers and dwarf spruces. And the lilac, cherry or bird cherry blossoming under the window will evoke pleasant memories and give you their unique aroma.

Blooming cherry, bird cherry or lilac in the front garden look very beautiful. But they should only be planted in fairly spacious areas.

2. “Rustic” front garden

If you have a small country house in a typical country style or a wooden cottage, then the front garden should also match this unassuming design. For the arrangement of a “rustic” front garden, you don’t need pretentious MAFs or exotic plants. Here it is better to plant pansies, well-known and familiar from childhood, chamomile, cornflowers, phloxes, bright orange lilies, multi-colored petunias, a dim but incredibly fragrant night violet. Decorative sunflowers will look great in a “rustic” front garden.

Flowers can be planted in rows or in separate flower beds. Believe me, such a bright, festive front garden will delight you with lush flowering all summer long!

Such cute and familiar lilies, petunias, nasturtiums, carnations look great in a “rustic” front garden

3. Front garden lawn

Not all homeowners are fond of landscape design, growing ornamental plants and are ready to spend time and effort planting flowers, creating flower beds and alpine slides. For such owners of plots, a front garden lawn is perfect. Of course, the lawn will also have to be looked after so that it always looks neat and beautiful, but in general, it will not take much time..

In addition, in such a front garden, you can organize a recreation area by placing summer furniture on the lawn, digging in benches and a wooden table.

When choosing seeds, remember that there are several types of ready-made mixtures for creating a sports, shade-tolerant, drought-resistant, undersized or parterre lawn, as well as for quick landscaping. Today, a popular short lawn seed mix with white clover. Choose the option that is right for your front garden, taking into account the characteristics of the soil and lighting.

So – nothing superfluous, a beautiful green lawn, a path and some small trees. This large front garden looks very well maintained and neat

4. Rosary

The “queen of flowers” is, of course, a rose. Arranging a real rose garden in the front garden is not as difficult as you think. The tallest, curly roses should be planted at the entrance to the front garden or near the fence. Be sure to take care of a reliable support for your garden beauties.

The rest of the rose bushes can be planted as you like – in rows or in separate flower beds. To emphasize the lush beauty of roses, landscape designers are advised to plant them in a strict, for example, checkerboard pattern. In addition, do not forget that during the summer the plants will grow and, in close proximity, will begin to interfere with each other..

In addition, at least four types of roses must be present in a real rose garden. You can choose, for example, hybrid tea varieties, small or large creeping roses, extraordinarily lush floribunda varieties and frost-resistant varieties from the scrub group. And for a small front garden, you can choose miniature varieties of roses or dwarf varieties of polyanthus.

Twisting roses can eventually decorate not only the front garden itself, but also the fence standing next to it

Unusual scrub roses will definitely become the highlight of your front garden. You simply cannot pass by such a bush indifferently!

5. Rockery

Any site, including a front garden, can become a rockery. The main thing is to actively use stones in its design, which will coexist with flowers and ornamental plants..

Unlike an alpine slide, all kinds of boulders can be used for rockeries, not just stones with sharp edges. And the choice of plants is practically not organic, as is the arrangement of stones. When creating a rockery, you can give free rein to your imagination and place all its components exactly as you want, and not be guided by strict canons.

A good choice for creating rockeries in the front garden can be subulate phlox, several types of sedum, sedge, lungwort, irises, tender bells.

The combination of stones and plants – rockery will look beautiful even in late autumn

In rockeries, unpretentious plants are usually planted, so it will not be difficult to take care of such a front garden

6. Minimalism

If you want something new or your mansion does not at all look like a “house in the village”, try decorating your front garden in a minimalist style. A Japanese garden is perfect for these purposes..

The ideal option for such a front garden is dwarf trees. Bonsai, Karelian birch, felt cherry (ando) are traditional options for a Japanese garden. The space between them can be decorated with pebbles or rake-leveled sand..

However, if minimalism suits you, but you do not plan to follow the path of Japanese gardeners, just equip in the front garden a single flower bed with a bright spirea bush or delicate lilies of the valley. And let the rest of the space remain empty – not scary, but your front garden will compare favorably with the traditional village thickets.

Quite a modest front garden in front of the veranda, however, looks very attractive

Kohia does not need neighbors and will look great in the front garden, even all alone

When choosing an idea for your front garden, remember that it must be inextricably linked with the architecture of the house itself, against which it is located. Mansions in austere European style are perfect for manicured lawns and neatly trimmed shrubs. Spruces and thuja will look great near the chalet, and lush thickets of chamomile and bells will look great near the log house..