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Your front yard is more than just a patch of land in front of your house. It is a part of the famous curb appeal. It determines your home’s value, it sets the mood for when you come back home, and it helps people form an opinion about you. Use your front yard to make a statement while keeping it useful and enjoyable.

For busy bees

Your everyday life may be too demanding, either due to professional commitments or an active lifestyle. This could leave you with little or no time for domestic work. This is still not an excuse for having an untidy front yard. Your curb appeal can still paint a good picture of you if you look into an option of creating a low-maintenance garden. You need a fairly permanent solution. The plants are those that are the biggest threat to your good image, so you should keep them to a minimum.

Abandon the lawn for a combination of concrete and pebbles. Pave a tasteful amount of your front yard. Instead of creating flower beds, mark large areas using stones. Plant shrubs in the middle, and cover the rest of the surface with pebbles. Also, plant a couple of trees to add more greenery. Make sure you use native plants as they need less work done.

For those rural at heart

Have you heard about the urban farming movement? Within the last couple of decades, people have grown more aware of what the mass food-production can do to those consuming it. Also, they have been growing more environmentally-aware. This is what has motivated a lot of people to start growing their own food.

If you are one of them, you have plenty of time on your hand, you enjoy gardening, and the local regulations allow it, you can start farming in your front yard. This requires some skill and planning. You need to know which plants are best suited for the type of soil you have. Also, you have to decide what you want to grow based on your consumption habits. Look up online tips for this small-scale farming and grow tomatoes and potatoes instead of flowers.

Multipurpose greenery

People enjoy greenery for many reasons. Apart from the aesthetic value, your front-yard decorative plants can serve other purposes. For example, tall trees can provide shade in the summer and a good place for the children to play with a minimal sun-exposure.

Also, the same tall trees can shield your home from the elements. They will cast a shade on the house in the summer and keep it from direct sunlight. Also, they can provide the necessary breeze with very little airflow. Furthermore, they can protect the house from strong wind. Also, certain types of vines can grow on your home’s exterior walls, shielding them from sunlight and not damaging them.

A front-yard strategy

Set a goal for your front yard and work out a way of achieving it. First of all, do you want to keep it thriving all year round? It cannot always look exactly the same, but it does not have to, as long as it is an eye-pleaser. Include some evergreen trees and shrubs to keep it alive in winter. Don’t forget to plant some flowering evergreen shrubs, they will add some extra color.

Decide which features you want to emphasize. If your front door is a focal point, place your flowerbeds in such way so as to outline the way to it. Once you make a plan and decide which plants you want to have, do not randomly add everything you come across and find pretty. You want your garden to look as a whole, and not as patchwork.

Keep it private


One thing most of us do not think about when planting our front yard is how safe it is. Large flowerbeds, multiple flower patches, shrubs, and trees all provide excellent hiding spots for intruders. This is why choosing to place a fence is crucial for keeping the intruders away.

Portcullis Australia suggest that your fence should have top-security features, and they also point out that a privacy fence may not be the best choice for the front. While jumping over a fence, raises suspicion, once an intruder jumps over a privacy fence, they have yet another place to hide and no one is able to spot them from the street. Make it extra safe and convenient by adding a remote-controlled gate for your car.

Apart from painting a pretty picture for you or your neighbors, a front yard has a more important purpose. It is an excellent activity for individuals and families who enjoy gardening and can be used as a relaxing area to allow you to rest from your urban lifestyle. It is your own piece of nature and your playground.

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