Coastal Front Garden Ideas and Designs

North Tustin 2013

xeristyle | exterior | design

Nicklaus Paulo of xeristyle | exterior | design
Beach style front xeriscape garden in Orange County.

Path Install + Mulch Placement - Newport, Oregon

Yachats Yardscapes, LLC

Casual, dry-set pathway with joint sand using Bitterroot and Sockeye Flagstone types, as requested by the client.
This is an example of a small nautical front partial sun garden in Portland with a garden path and natural stone paving.

Front Yard Landscape

Stephanie D Poole

The meandering flagstone pathway leads visitors from the sidewalk or driveway to the front door around a rain chain downspout.
Design ideas for a small beach style front xeriscape full sun garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and natural stone paving.

Coastal front garden design - Dover Heights

Vogue & Vine - Landscape Designers Sydney

Coastal front garden in Eastern Suburbs Sydney. Using coastal plants and Sydney Sandstone rocks, we created a soft coastal landscape that had a designers touch but still a natural feel

Saugerties, NY

Philippe Soule Landscape Design

Spring welcoming front entrance of perennials, Salvias, Nepetas, Geraniums...
Photo of a medium sized beach style front full sun garden in New York with gravel and a garden path.

Exterior

Rikki Snyder

Photo by: Rikki Snyder © 2012 Houzz
This is an example of a coastal front full sun garden for summer in Philadelphia with natural stone paving and a flowerbed.

Oakland,CA-2102

prowell woodworks, inc

Garden Gate stye #110 with a flat black painted finish, flanked by the off-white shingled perimeter fence.
Nautical front formal garden in San Francisco with a gate and a wood fence.

Living Gardens Landscape Design

Photographed by Lisa Delane, Tigerlily Skye Productions
This is an example of a medium sized beach style front garden in Orange County with a living wall and gravel.

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BE Landscape Design

This is an example of a small nautical front full sun garden in Los Angeles with natural stone paving.

Beach House Entry

Andover Landscape Design & Construction

The client asked us to create a low maintenance, highly functional front entry to this beachfront retreat. As with most beach homes, guest parking is critical and creating an easy to navigate parking area is paramount to design success. We chose to maximize the front yard without turning it into a parking lot. Native crushed stone parking pads surrounded by sun loving, drought tolerant plants create exactly what the client was looking for.

Fairfield Beach

Barbara Wilson Landscape Architect, LLC

Photo by Barbara Wilson Landscape Architect, LLC A small residential, seaside property located on Fairfield Beach, Fairfield was renovated by the new owners and adapted for their active family. Barbara was the landscape architect in charge of all of the landscape elements upgrades. She designed new bluestone curving paths to access the front and side doors and designed new landscape lighting to enhance the walks. The existing trees were saved and she designed new shade and salt-tolerant plantings which were added to provide seasonal color and interest while respecting the existing plantings. Along the beach front additional native beach grasses were added to stabilize the dunes while removing some invasive plantings. This work will be phased over the next few years in an effort to keep the sand stable. Beach roses were incorporated into a hollow in the dunes. A small lawn area was renovated and the surrounding Black Pines pruned to provide a small play area and respite from the sun. Beautiful reblooming hydrangeas line the edge of the gravel driveway. Rounded beach stones were used instead of mulch in the island planting along the edge of the adjacent road planted with Miscanthus, Mugo pine and yucca. Barbara designed a custom kayak rack, custom garbage enclosure, a new layout of the existing wooden deck to facilitate access to the side doors, and detailed how to renovate the front door into only an emergency access with new railings and steps. She coordinating obtaining bids and then supervised the installation of all elements for the new landscape the project. The interiors were designed by Jack Montgomery Design of Greenwich, CT and NYC . Tree work was completed by Bartlett Tree Experts. Freddy’s Landscape Company of Fairfield, CT installed the new plantings, installed all the new masonry work and provides landscape maintenance services. JT Low Voltage and Electric installed the landscape lighting.

Contemporary Beach Front Garden

Brett Maloney Landscapes, LLC

Main driveway approach to front entry and guest parking. The fieldstone boulders define the transition between the additional parking area and driveway, but also afford protection to the lamp post and plants from wayward cars and snowplows. Photo by Landscape Artist: Brett D. Maloney.

San Clemente 2014

xeristyle | exterior | design

Nicklaus Paulo of xeristyle | exterior | design
Coastal front xeriscape garden in Orange County.

LCPH Photos

User

Tabby Concrete sidewalk with oyster shell
Inspiration for a medium sized coastal front driveway full sun garden in Charleston.

Boomer Beach | Port Elliot

Catnik Design Studio

The client brief was to design a limestone wall, new entrance and pathway for beach access and a coastal garden that could withstand the southern ocean elements. The wall curves in reference to the Boomer Beach waves and give some protection to the plants behind. The plant list was extensive. Texture and foliage were a strong driver in plant selection. The pebble and sleeper path reference the Cockle Train railway that runs the length of the garden. Residential | garden design | ocean planting Completed | 2020 Designer | Cathy Apps, catnik design studio Landscape | AHLG (Adelaide Hills Lawns & Gardens) Soil Conditioners | Neutrog Australia Lighting | LED Outdoors Architectural

Salt and Pepper Granite Walkway and Steps with Cobblestones Border

KS Hardscapes

This is an example of a coastal front full sun garden in Portland Maine with a pathway and natural stone paving.

Salt and Pepper Granite Walkway and Steps with Cobblestones Border

KS Hardscapes

This is an example of a nautical front full sun garden in Portland Maine with a pathway and natural stone paving.

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BE Landscape Design

Design ideas for a small nautical front full sun garden in Los Angeles with natural stone paving.

Beach House, Bainbridge Island

Bliss Garden Design, LLC

Bliss Garden Design
Photo of a nautical front full sun garden in Seattle.

Dune House

Acre

Large monolithic architectural details are something we try and bring into all our projects, it’s these details that allow us to be looser with wilder with our planting palettes and for the outcome to still feel considered. In this case, the benches allowed us to terrace the site creating activated zones to higher use of the functionality. Photography by Rory Gardiner

Coastal Front Garden Ideas and Designs

A beautifully designed coastal garden is as important as the emphasis we place on the designs of our interiors. After all, our grounds (however modest) frame our homes and contribute to first impressions not only of our houses, but also of the households within. Options for garden designs can be as elaborate or low maintenance as your lifestyle and preferences permit – consider both your aspirations for how it should look and how much time you can invest in garden maintenance. Consulting a gardener or landscape designer will ensure you have a garden that suits your lifestyle, the local climate and soil conditions. But don’t forget that with Houzz your first stop can be collecting images of garden ideas and designs you love in order to inspire your garden plans and potentially share them with a landscape gardening professional.

How do I come up with a coastal front garden design?

The priority for a front garden is kerb appeal. Begin by considering the area immediately around and leading up to your front door. You may want to opt for front garden designs that blend well with the style of your home – for example, abundant foliage and flowerbeds will perfectly complement a period property, whereas man-made materials, geometric shapes and contrasting textures are great ideas for a contemporary garden design. Even if your front garden is a small space, keep it tidy – if you have more space, make the most of it with garden ideas and features such as a manicured lawn, gravel driveway, water feature or garden fencing. If you don’t have the time or commitment to devote to gardening, then neatly pruned hedges, statement paving, hanging baskets, garden benches and outdoor lighting are all decorative, low maintenance garden ideas for your coastal front garden design.

How should I design my coastal back garden?

Back gardens typically offer more space than front garden designs and serve a more recreational purpose, so it’s important to know how you want to spend time in your garden before you design it in order to build in the features that you will enjoy. If you love relaxing in the garden and dining al fresco, think about patios, decking, garden furniture and BBQs. For the more horticulturally-inclined, incorporate flower beds, greenhouses or vegetable garden designs. Your landscape gardening professional can help you install structures such as sheds, pergolas and gazebos that complement your garden design, and artfully-placed garden ideas such as lawn edging and lighting will add definition to your chosen design.

How do I create a low maintenance garden?

The great news is, gardens aren’t exclusively for the green-fingered. Whether you’re not horticulturally-inclined or simply don’t have the time for a bit of landscape gardening, you can still have a coastal garden design that looks the way you want by making some smart design choices. While many of us favour low maintenance gardens like urban gardens, roof terraces and patio gardens, lovers of greenery don’t need to sacrifice grass for paving slabs. Whatever you want from your garden, there are a variety of gardening solutions that can be built in to make life easier. For example, labour intensive features such as vegetable patches, greenhouses and flower beds can be optimised with an automatic irrigation system. These can be offset with fuss-free garden ideas such as hard landscaping, including gravel, paving or decking, and hard-wearing evergreens that require minimal upkeep. You might even consider replacing your garden fencing with slow growing hedging, which can be maintained less regularly than wooden fence panels. If having a lawn is important, there are different types of grasses in varying degrees of durability and maintenance. You may choose to take a more relaxed approach to your lawn – “wild” garden designs can have great charm if the grasses and flowers are chosen carefully. If you prefer a manicured lawn, it’s a good idea to invest in a “mulching” lawn mower that will recycle clippings and remove the need for cleaning up. Finally, there isn’t a more low maintenance garden lawn than artificial grass which can look highly realistic and keep your garden looking green. Garden ornaments are a great way to add interest to your low maintenance garden design – go for smart garden ideas such as solar garden lights which are both decorative and functional. Find some of the most popular design ideas on Houzz.

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