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.
Gardening Your Front Yard 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:
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Planting around foundation walls
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Dealing with road salt
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Planting boulevards/hell strips
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Shade gardens
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Privacy screening
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Security dos and don'ts
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How to intermingle edibles and landscape plants
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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.
