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front garden renovation - need advice

6 years ago

Hello,

we have front lawn is slanting,and we wish to make it straight and leveled,is anyone has advice how to do this? and what garden, driweway side design

ideas will you recommend? Thanks in advance

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6 years ago

Retaining wall can help

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shelleyuk
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I'd say this is one where you need to consider effort and reward. Is this your only garden space?
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Kristina
Original Author
6 years ago
Hgstef: We have a back garden but we don't have there a sun in evening time,and our back garden doesn't have a lawn :(
any ideas how to make front lawn nice place to relax and bring a table with chairs?
rachelmidlands
6 years ago
Hi there, if you want to use the front garden as a sitting area will there be an issue with privacy? Do you have neighbors across the road? Reason I ask is because if you wanted it private and enclosed and decided on having a tall fence, this would block out all the light coming into the house. Judging from the photo the driveway looks in good condition so I would leave it as is. The grassed area you could level out or leave that as well, whichever you prefer. I was thinking of a low wall with fencing or trellis and then a border chocked full of cottage perennials and small shrubs. Another idea is a veranda across the front of the house. Both of these ideas combined would give somewhere nice to sit and survey your lovely flowers. Some inspiration:
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6 years ago
Verandas
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Kristina
Original Author
6 years ago
Rachelmidlands, thAnk you,your advice really helped. We were thinking with husband to raise lawn and plant tjuja edge,so I am really confused now about light loss in our house :( but we still plan have edge to make a privacy. So which option would be better raise or level down lawn? And how do you thing,which would be easier to make? Verandas looks nice but we will stay with lawn renovation.
rachelmidlands
6 years ago
Personally I think I would raise it with a retaining wall. I'd get a few quotes from professional landscapers with regards to cost. I think conifer hedging should be fine so long as it's clipped when it reaches the desired height it shouldn't affect the light levels coming into the house. I do find conifers a bit boring tho, maybe a variety of mixed shrubs would be more pleasing to look at.
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Neil Jones Design
6 years ago
Hi
I would look to raise the lawn up level with the path to the front door by building a smart brick retaining wall. You could then plant a low ish hedge along the top to provide further privacy but keep it to no more than 4/5 ft to prevent it overpowering the space and blocking light. For that reason I'd avoid conifers of any sort as they are thugs and take a lot of managing. By raising the lawn from pavement level it will give you some privacy anyway. It'd be nice to loose the concrete kerb along the side of the drive too so it doesn't feel and look like the road! Perhaps continue the brick round till it feathers out to meet the path to the door?
A feature tree of small to medium size would also be a nice addition to the lawn. Look for one with dual seasonal interest ie. Spring flower and Autumn colour such as Amelanchier or some of the flowering cherries.
Good luck
Neil
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tezz4
6 years ago

Going up will lend more privacy, with some ferns or hedging at the edge. What about fencing?
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Sven
6 years ago
Gabion baskets filled with nice stones would be the start to levelling the lawn (use cheap stone for non-visible areas). I would raise your lawn area up and not down. It is something that anyone with good DIY skills could do, with any building merchant supplying everything to your drive.

Hedging: Yew is a superior hedge to Thuja and only slightly more expensive. It is also more tolerant to well drained soil (which the levelled area will be).
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shelleyuk
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
veranda would also need planning permission which youre unlike to get with that sort of property (unless its 3 square metres or less). (I know this since we are about to put one on our house!)

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