Everyone wants to have the perfect backyard, but very seldom consider the front yard. You should also consider landscaping your front yard because that is the first thing that people see when they come to your home. One way to create a beautiful landscaped front yard is to add shrubs and plants. Make small flower garden in the middle of your front yard. If your front yard is divided in half by a sidewalk, you can plant flowers along the sidewalk to your front door, or some low lying bushes that are not going to grow over the sidewalk. If you use shrubs, you are going to have to make sure that you keep them neatly trimmed.
In the front yard, you can put a bird bath in the middle of the yard and plant some nice flowers around it. You can also make a brick border, add mulch or bark and put in small shrubs or plants. If you add plants, you need to make sure that you keep them weeded. If you have a big front porch, off to the side of the steps on the porch you could have a potted plant on either side. You just need to make sure that you do not have anything in the way that someone could trip over.
If you have trees in your front yard, you could add a small stone bench under the tree to give you a place to sit and relax, read, or spend quality time with the family. You could also add a small water fountain by your door on the porch if there is enough room so no one will knock it over.
You also need to make sure that you keep your lawn cut and nicely trimmed because if you do not, no matter what landscape ideas you use, you front yard will always have that un-kept look.
