The front garden is often very small, but should still look beautiful and individual and encourage walkers to stop and look. Ideally, it is an eye-catcher all year round. That doesn't make the design easy.
How do I design an attractive bed in the front garden?
For an attractive front garden, you should plan the garden path to the front door, choose suitable plants (e.g. small trees, hydrangeas, hollyhocks), take the style of the house into account, prioritize ease of care and plan space for garbage cans or bicycles.
What should I consider when designing the front garden?
Your flower bed in front of the house is, so to speak, your business card, the first thing your visitors see about you. From this, at least some people will draw conclusions about your personality, for example about your order or your character. Nobody wants to look boring or messy.
The front garden should also match the style of your house and always be well maintained. If you only have little time for care, then plant it for easy care. Alternatively, cover the bed with bark mulch. This is more decorative than a completely paved front garden.
First, determine the route of the garden path to the front door; you can align everything else with that. The path should be easy and ideally able to be walked by two people at the same time. There are often garbage cans or bicycles in the front garden area. If this is also the case for you, then try to harmoniously integrate or conceal this space, for example with tall, slender plants.
Which plants fit well in the front garden?
Put small plants right next to the path to the front door so that the path remains clear without too much work. Sprawling trees or overgrown plants often cause problems over time, whether they cast too much shade or overgrow other plants.
If you would like to plant trees in your front yard, then choose trees with a small crown such as globe maple. You can design a rural front garden with hydrangeas, hollyhocks, foxgloves or columbines or even double rose varieties.
The most important things in brief:
- Don’t overload the front yard
- don’t plant trees that are too big
- Design the bed to match the style of the house
- care well or plant easy care
- Plan space for bicycles or garbage cans
Tip
Since the front garden is your business card, so to speak, you should take care of it carefully. If this is not possible, plant the bed in a low-maintenance way.
