Front Yard Landscape Installation Gives Lakewood Home Serious Curb Appeal

A lot of front yards in older neighborhoods like Lakewood have good bones - mature trees, a nice porch, a solid lawn - but the beds are overgrown, undefined, or just kind of lost. That was the situation here. The existing plantings were crowding each other out, there was no real structure to the beds, and nothing was tying the look of the front of the house together.

We came in and started fresh. The beds were cleared out and redesigned from the ground up. We laid down rich dark mulch throughout and lined every bed with natural decorative stone - rounded fieldstone-style rock that traces clean, flowing curves along the lawn edge. That stone border does a lot of work. It keeps the mulch in place, gives the beds a finished look, and makes the whole front yard feel intentional.

For the plantings, we focused on variety and year-round interest. Upright junipers anchor the porch beds and give the house some vertical structure. Creeping phlox brings that low carpet of purple blooms right now. Salvia spikes up with deep magenta color near the tree. And some interesting sedum-type ground cover adds textural contrast with its dusty purple-green foliage. The blooming dogwood tree in the yard ties the whole palette together beautifully this time of year.

This is exactly the kind of work we love doing through our landscape design and installation services. It's not just about putting plants in the ground - it's about figuring out what the space needs structurally, choosing plants that will perform across seasons, and making sure every element works together. A well-designed front bed like this keeps looking sharp year after year with minimal maintenance.

The difference between a yard that just exists and one that actually makes an impression usually comes down to a few key decisions - clean edging, the right plant selection, and a consistent material like the stone border tying everything together. Get those right and the whole property looks a level above the rest of the street.