http://www.front-porch-ideas-and-more.com/front-yard-landscape-designs.html Presents three dramatic front yard landscape designs with before and after pictures along with plant names for easy replication for your home.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches
Well planned front yard landscape
designs add immense beauty to both a
home and front porch.
The best designs incorporate both
foliage and hardscapes and take
advantage of the physical layout of
your yard.
They also need to complement the
architecture of the home and the
personality of its occupants.
Our thanks to Lisk Landscape
Management Company for sharing
their photos and designs.

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The right landscaping can transform a home and front porch into an
aesthetically pleasing and downright more enjoyable place to live.
BEFORE

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Using a combination of both foliage and hardscape, it is entirely feasible
to create a work of art in your own front yard.
AFTER

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Notice how the small front porch is framed with foliage of different heights, textures, and
colors. The added brick walkway from the drive to the front door is an open invitation for
friends and family.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Likewise, the front walkway was updated in brick also and surrounded with both
colorful plants and hardscaping. The steps were elongated to give the scene a more
cascading appeal.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Impatiens add
additional color under
the weeping willow
and along the
foundation planting
areas.
Emerald Green
Arborvitae Spirals
flank each side of the
porch steps.
Variegated Lirope are
perfect grass-like
plants to frame the
walkway.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Adding bursts of
color and plants
with wonderful
scents dress
can enhance the
appeal of any
front porch.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
A canvass waiting to
be painted offers
lots of possibilities.
How would
landscape this front
yard?
Add trees? Cover in
grass? Add
foundation plants?

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Is this what you
envisioned?
The right
landscape design
can have a
dramatic impact on
your home.
From the choice of
colors to the
materials, each
component can
add to the overall
aesthetic value of
your home.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
To enhance the small portico entrance, a canopy was added. Plants
include crape myrtle victor, red tip photinia, variegated lirope, and river
rock.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
The brick retaining wall helped to remove the slope of the yard. Additional
river rock and variegated lirope frame the walkway entrance.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Create a
more formal
look by
choosing
heavier
planters and
adding more
continuity into
your planting
areas.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
There are several
ways to handle
planting areas like
this one. You
could add more
colorful plants and
different mulch.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
Or, your could do
this!
Often times you
can turn a rather
mundane
planting area into
something quite
eye-catching.
Change the
mixture of plants
and add a
retaining wall –
now you’ve just
increased the
beauty of this
yard.

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Front Yard Landscaping Designs For Porches (cont’d)
For more ideas for designing and creating wonderful landscaping for your
yard and porch, be sure to visit
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These are just a few examples of using the right landscape design to
enhance your front yard and porch.
We appreciate Lisk Landscape Management for their photos and
ideas. We encourage you to seek their assistance when planning
your own front yard and porch landscaping.

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