Learn how to treat your front yard like a backyard without sacrificing beauty, from choosing the right plants to building walkways and setting up a front yard patio.
In
Gardening Your Front Yard
, author Tara Nolan (
Raised Bed Revolution
) of SavvyGardening.com uses her unique combination of DIY/building savvy and gardening expertise to weave you past the main pitfalls you may encounter when trying to fit a garden or gardens between your home and the street.
This
beautifully illustrated
and comprehensive resource shows how to accomplish several
hardscaping projects
, such as laying a mowing border and building a walkway; provides inspiration to
create a rain garden
; and gives DIY instructions for
making your own raised beds
, a bench, a privacy screen, and more—
all custom-designed for the rigors of front-yard gardening
.
is a gardening book in every sense of the word, however. Choosing the right plants is even more important when you are dealing with a small, highly visible area sometimes with less than ideal growing conditions.
You will find advice on:
Planting around foundation walls
Dealing with road salt
Planting boulevards/hell strips
Shade gardens
Privacy screening
Security dos and don’ts
How to intermingle edibles and landscape plants
And much more
With the sage advice and step-by-step projects of this comprehensive guide,
convert your front yard from a bland grasscape to a vital living space