Front Yard Landscape Designs
For Porches and More
Make Amazing Transformations
The right front yard landscape designs can quickly transform not only your yard but your front porch as well. Make a small
porch more welcoming, entrances more inviting, and walkways more intriguing.
Mary and I know how the landscaping can visually enhance the look of any porch. Landscape design ideas should not only include foliage of various kinds but also hard scaping like borders and walkways.
The combination of the right plants and hard scape help to create appealing front porches!
The following photos and landscape designs are courtesy of Lisk Landscape Management.
Turn This Small Porch
Into a Welcoming Entrance!
It is really amazing how the right front yard landscapes can turn something ordinary into a work of art!
Take special note of the new sidewalk with a herringbone pattern. This adds lots of interest and the design complements the
plantings. The large rocks give the landscaping visual stability while the plant selection and colors give it real appeal.
Remove any one component and you would have a different look and feel.
Notice the steps leading from the driveway to the front door. Hardscape, that is, rocks, bricks, pavers, etc., often have
a very linear effect. Stephen, owner of Lisk Landscape Management; however, softened the look by offering
a short herringbone pattern sidewalk leading to the steps and then curving the
retaining walls inward. Neat!
Contemporary Home Landscaping
Many folks live in subdivisions that have relatively small porches. No matter if you are moving into a new home like the
one below or have been there a while, good front yard landscape designs can tie your home and yard together.
A bare lot is like a blank canvass. Sometimes it can be difficult to imagine the possibilities.
This could have easily been landscaped without the retaining wall but look how well it not only frames the home but also makes it
appear more grand to give it a more formal look. The awning over the front door not only protects visitors from the elements
but also extends colors from the yard onto the home. Notice how the landscape colors, the awning, and roof shingles all complement
each other.
The taller shrubs hide the foundation, provide color, and frame the porch.
Overgrown Shrubs This can be a common front yard landscape designs issue for many homeowners. We know some folks who have immensely overgrown shrubs along
their front sidewalk but fear how it may look if they remove them. Visitors
will appreciate not having to walk through a forest to the front door!
Replace them with a variety of perennials for a clean look. Notice how much larger and open this space appears to be now.
Lisk Landscape Management, Mt. Ephraim, NJ. Lisk Landscape provides a unique
blend of design, installation, and maintenance services.
Stephen Lisk, owner and master designer, began offering residential lawn maintenance and snow removal when he was only 13. Today,
Stephen's team provides the utmost integrity and service excellence, whether in designs, installation, or
maintaining your outdoor areas.
Stephen writes: "I started Lisk Landscape with the intent to create exquisite outdoor environments that
would inspire clients for years to come. I’m very passionate about what I do, and enjoy each and every
challenge that landscape architecture brings me. I also like to provide unique landscape elements and
construction techniques that our competitors simply can’t offer."
Want a beautifully designed yard to enhance the look of your porch? Contact Lisk Landscape Management today.
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