One of our big house goals this year was to make some landscaping headway. One of the things we never really thought about when we were building our house was the fact that no one was going to be doing any landscaping for us unless we specifically asked them to. When you buy a resale house, it always has landscaping. And when you buy a home from a builder, it always has landscaping. The landscaping just comes with the house and you don’t even have to think about it unless you want to change it. But when you build your own house, there’s absolutely nothing there unless you put it there. So for the past few months, we’ve been working on landscaping the front yard: picking a style, choosing, finding, and buying the plants, and putting each and every plant in the ground. We worked with a landscape architect on the overall design for the whole property, but the front yard landscaping was all up to us. And it was quite the challenge!
I wrote about the entire process for Better Homes & Gardens’ Style Spotters blog.
PartĀ 1: Inspiration! See what beautiful landscapes from around the web caught our eye and inspired us.
PartĀ 2: Planning!Ā How in the world, with no training or experience whatsoever, did we come up with a pretty solid design plan?
PartĀ 3: Plants! After all the research and planning, what plants did we end up getting for our yard?
And PartĀ 4: The Big Reveal! See how it all came together to make a *fingers crossed* beautiful, Mediterranean-inspired front yard.
We rent so I don’t have to do any landscaping BUT I know I would be so bad at it when we do buy a house ha ha. So I love this!
It’s way more challenging than it seems like it will be!
Your life is so inspiring Melissa! Makes me get up and get out there to do all the things I actually dream about my home š
Thanks, Shannon! That’s so sweet of you to say. xoxo
Your post regarding the landscape is just what I needed this morning! The design is beautiful, unique and personal. Just what it should be. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing your journey in landscaping your front yard! It’s fascinating to hear about the challenges and triumphs of creating your own landscape from scratch. Your dedication to the process, from planning and choosing plants to putting everything together, is truly admirable.