Front Yard Refresh: How Landscaping Companies Create a Welcoming Appearance in Middletown, RI
The landscaping in your Middletown, RI, front yard can specifically add beauty to your home or—if it’s not done well—detract from the care and pride you have in your property. If your front yard could use an update, you may be feeling that a refresh is in order to achieve the landscape’s charm potential. Here are ways landscaping companies could focus on creating a welcoming entrance for your landscape.
From the Street
Landscape professionals may recommend beginning with the entry space that connects your driveway to the main road. There they can take a ho-hum entry and dress it up with a low retaining wall to add some definition to this space.
A retaining wall can be designed and built of stacked natural stone or wall stone in custom colors. Perhap tall pillars could be placed at each end of the wall for more interest.
The retaining wall can provide a backdrop for two flowering trees and lovely, deep green shrubs that maintain their leaves year-round. Your landscaping company could add seasonal flowers for a pop of color.
Along the Driveway and Walkway
The length of the driveway can determine the type of landscape refresh. A long driveway can accommodate trees that are spaced out to bring structure to the perimeter. You can also have flowering shrubs to add seasonal color and clear, defined edges where the landscape beds meet the grass for a crisp, clean look.
A shorter driveway might not allow enough space to incorporate trees but a landscaper can design an eye-catching refresh that brings color and symmetry to this side driveway space.
Along the walkway can be a continuation of the plantings that edge the driveway, but this landscaping plan can be an ideal time to refresh the walkway surface, too. With a fresh walkway paver surface and new plantings, the areas where guests first walk to enter your home can be dazzling.
Within the Front Yard
As they work on the entry and driveway areas, landscapers can also rework your front yard into a visually enticing outdoor space. If your grass has lost its luster, they can aerate the soil and replant new grass for a fresh, healthy growth. Along with fertilizer and weed prevention, the new grass can thrive and create the green “carpet” you have always wanted.
Your landscape beds might need to have some shrubs removed because they have died or no longer look appealing. With new plants and fresh mulch, crisp edges to landscape beds can upgrade your front yard design.
Choosing a Focal Point
Along with a revamped landscape design, choose a front yard feature such as a water fountain to nestle in a landscape bed or a water wall to fill a blank space in front of the house. Water features add a unique element to any landscape with the sounds of gently falling water.
Water features come in various sizes so you can find the one that works best in your outdoor space. A water feature can be that one thing that makes your landscape standout as a welcoming space for all your guests.
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About the Author
In 2017, David C. Ludolph II and Kody G. Kavanagh joined forces to create PropertyWorx—one of Central Ohio’s leading full-service property solutions companies. With combined experience of over 50 years, we pride ourselves on taking both residential and commercial properties to the next level, by providing home and business owners with all they need to update, transform, and tend to their properties.
