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Dragonetti Brothers Landscapes
This is an example of a small modern back driveway full sun garden for autumn in New York with natural stone paving and a potted garden.
Krugel Cobbles, Inc.
Phototography: Linda Oyama Bryan
Photo of a large classic driveway garden for autumn in Chicago with concrete paving.
Photo of a large classic driveway garden for autumn in Chicago with concrete paving.
Dane Spencer Landscape Architecture
Dane Spencer
Medium sized coastal front driveway partial sun garden for autumn in Portland.
Medium sized coastal front driveway partial sun garden for autumn in Portland.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
A couple by the name of Claire and Dan Boyles commissioned Exterior Worlds to develop their back yard along the lines of a French Country garden design. They had recently designed and built a French Colonial style house. Claire had been very involved in the architectural design, and she communicated extensively her expectations for the landscape.
The aesthetic we ultimately created for them was not a traditional French country garden per se, but instead was a variation on the symmetry, color, and sense of formality associated with this design. The most notable feature that we added to the estate was a custom swimming pool installed just to the rear of the home. It emphasized linearity, complimentary right angles, and it featured a luxury spa and pool fountain. We built the coping around the pool out of limestone, and we used concrete pavers to build the custom pool patio. We then added French pottery in various locations around the patio to balance the stonework against the look and structure of the home.
We added a formal garden parallel to the pool to reflect its linear movement. Like most French country gardens, this design is bordered by sheered bushes and emphasizes straight lines, angles, and symmetry. One very interesting thing about this garden is that it is consist entirely of various shades of green, which lends itself well to the sense of a French estate. The garden is bordered by a taupe colored cedar fence that compliments the color of the stonework.
Just around the corner from the back entrance to the house, there lies a double-door entrance to the master bedroom. This was an ideal place to build a small patio for the Boyles to use as a private seating area in the early mornings and evenings. We deviated slightly from strict linearity and symmetry by adding pavers that ran out like steps from the patio into the grass. We then planted boxwood hedges around the patio, which are common in French country garden design and combine an Old World sensibility with a morning garden setting.
We then completed this portion of the project by adding rosemary and mondo grass as ground cover to the space between the patio, the corner of the house, and the back wall that frames the yard. This design is derivative of those found in morning gardens, and it provides the Boyles with a place where they can step directly from their bedroom into a private outdoor space and enjoy the early mornings and evenings.
We further develop the sense of a morning garden seating area; we deviated slightly from the strict linear forms of the rest of the landscape by adding pavers that ran like steps from the patio and out into the grass. We also planted rosemary and mondo grass as ground cover to the space between the patio, the corner of the house, and the back wall that borders this portion of the yard.
We then landscaped the front of the home with a continuing symmetry reminiscent of French country garden design. We wanted to establish a sense of grand entrance to the home, so we built a stone walkway that ran all the way from the sidewalk and then fanned out parallel to the covered porch that centers on the front door and large front windows of the house. To further develop the sense of a French country estate, we planted a small parterre garden that can be seen and enjoyed from the left side of the porch.
On the other side of house, we built the Boyles a circular motorcourt around a large oak tree surrounded by lush San Augustine grass. We had to employ special tree preservation techniques to build above the root zone of the tree. The motorcourt was then treated with a concrete-acid finish that compliments the brick in the home. For the parking area, we used limestone gravel chips.
French country garden design is traditionally viewed as a very formal style intended to fill a significant portion of a yard or landscape. The genius of the Boyles project lay not in strict adherence to tradition, but rather in adapting its basic principles to the architecture of the home and the geometry of the surrounding landscape.
For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Merrifield Garden Center
A paver driveway creates an elegant approach to the front entrance. The driveway is flanked by a lush garden of ornamental trees, shrubs and perennials, many of which are native to the Mid-Atlantic region.
Design and installation by Merrifield Garden Center. Photo: Wayne Boyland.
LandArt
Interlock Bands in Asphalt Driveway
Ballad Photography
Design ideas for a large traditional front driveway garden for autumn in Toronto with brick paving.
Design ideas for a large traditional front driveway garden for autumn in Toronto with brick paving.
Lights Over Atlanta
Tree lighting
Expansive classic front driveway fully shaded garden for autumn in Atlanta.
Expansive classic front driveway fully shaded garden for autumn in Atlanta.
The New Leaf Landscaping Company
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Detroit with a garden path and concrete paving.
User
Plants in 2017!
Medium sized classic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Other with a retaining wall and mulch.
Medium sized classic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Other with a retaining wall and mulch.
Eduardo Mascagni Valero
Eduardo Mascagni
Medium sized contemporary front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Other with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Medium sized contemporary front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Other with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Greenhaven Landscapes Inc.
Fall display of millet, mums, cabbage, pansies, plumbago, pumpkins, and gourds.
Hannah Goering Photography
Photo of a medium sized classic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Chicago with brick paving.
Photo of a medium sized classic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Chicago with brick paving.
Design ideas for an expansive contemporary courtyard driveway full sun garden for autumn in Sydney with natural stone paving.
Fenton Roberts Garden Design
2011 The steel edging was made to measure by a local metal fabricator.
Design ideas for a small contemporary front driveway full sun garden for autumn in London with gravel.
Design ideas for a small contemporary front driveway full sun garden for autumn in London with gravel.
ProScapes
Photo of an expansive front driveway full sun garden for autumn in Seattle with a pond and natural stone paving.
Plan-it Earth Design
Mixed plantings provides enclosure and privacy along a circular driveway
Design and Photo by Amy Whitworth, Plan-it Earth Design
Installation by Naturesafe Landcare
Foster's Inc. Landscape Design & Installation
Custom stone piers surrounded by lush garden plantings flank the driveway of this Darien home.
Photo of a large classic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in New York with concrete paving.
Photo of a large classic front driveway full sun garden for autumn in New York with concrete paving.
Mary Prince Photography
A bale of hay, pumpkins and mums are placed at the base of each tree lining the driveway of this suburban home.
Mary Prince Photography © 2012 Houzz
This is an example of a traditional front driveway garden for autumn in Boston with a flowerbed.
This is an example of a traditional front driveway garden for autumn in Boston with a flowerbed.
Greenhaven Landscapes Inc.
Hear what our clients, Allison & Rick, have to say about their project by clicking on the Facebook link and then the Videos tab.
Fall annual display highlighting the front entry with mums, broom corn, pumpkins, and gourds.
Project Partners: Conway Contracting, Pav-Tech S.C., Hannah Goering Photography
Salt + Dirt | Outside Design
In a vast natural landscape, the formal design of intentionally landscaped beds often jars, visually.
This Client came from Lake Forest, Illinois, the land of gentrified old world landscapes. Here in the Rockies, she left behind her corporate career to immerse herself in horses, art and a new life lived in connection with family and Nature. She wanted a simple landscape that spoke to these new desires.
For this project, we crafted opportunities for Nature to weave its way back into the landscape. The circle drive is the first whiff of this. Designed around a gnarled cedar, the spirit of this entire ranch, we simplified the plant palette, bringing in native and regionally adapted grasses and wildflowers. And that's it! These colors burn against the silvers and tawny browns of Missouri Heights!
Gigi
Blue Ridge, Inc.
Photos by Steven F. Fox. Photography
Design ideas for a country front driveway garden for autumn in Grand Rapids.
Design ideas for a country front driveway garden for autumn in Grand Rapids.
Driveway Garden for Autumn Ideas and Designs
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