When you are ready to tackle the front yard of your home, there are several things to consider when making the most of it. Hiring a landscape expert to help you design is important, but you can get a jump on planning by understanding your needs and those of your lawn and garden. Here are three challenges homeowners face most often and how to get around the issues. 

Avoid these front yard mistakes:

Planting Incorrectly

Many homeowners will go into creating their front yard landscaping with a variety of their favorite flowers, trees, and plants. However, you first must consider what type of plants will thrive in your yard. Carefully look at sunlight, shade, size, and watering needs before you choose. If your front yard is full of mature overhead trees, you will want to consider shade-lovers such as Hostas, Ferns, Hydrangeas, or Japanese Maples. For the sun-loving side, some beautifully flowering examples are Roses, Daylilies, Encore Azaleas, or Butterfly Bush to name a few. Other things to consider is how dry or wet the yard tends to be.

Watering Incorrectly

It’s important to make sure that your garden, shrubs, and trees are watered appropriately. When you are choosing items to plant, you want to be sure that you are prepared to provide proper watering. Sometimes this might mean committing to watering them manually as needed, using sprinklers or installing an irrigation system. You definitely need to think about how much hydration your plants will require before they are in the ground.

Hardscaping Incorrectly

Your front yard gardening provides much visual interest and, in addition to landscape design, thoughtful hardscaping can certainly generate curb appeal. Don’t discount a well-placed walkway leading to the front door to create an inviting welcome. Terraced slopes can do double-duty as an aesthetic solution and erosion prevention. Using pavers, bricks, concrete, and stone to help balance texture, color, and shape in your front yard is beneficial to the exterior look and feel of your home.

Are you ready to see your front yard at its finest? Full Circle Land Design is ready to help you! From hardscape and landscape design and installation to garden bed planting and erosion control, they are the experts in the Chattanooga, TN, area. For a consultation or more information: email, call 423-385-4955, or visit online.