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J-Entry Garage Landscape Advice

Nicole Davis
vor 5 Jahren
zuletzt bearbeitet:vor 5 Jahren

Hello All!

Long-time reader, first time poster. First and foremost PLEASE forgive the state of my lawn. That's exactly why I'm here. When we bought our house in Dallas (zone 8) 3 years ago it had a beautiful St. Augustine lawn that promptly died when we were hit with a severe drought. With no irrigation system, it was impossible to keep it alive. That being said, we've been gimping along with annual rye since then and are now ready to commit to new landscaping!


But here's the snag. The lawn is off-center from the front door with no focal point. Visitors have to come up the driveway to enter the house, so I was thinking maybe it would be nice to introduce a sort of decomposed granite courtyard near the garage wall with a meandering path leading to an entry from the sidewalk to add some visual interest and an alternative path to the front door. I'm having trouble finding pictures of such a thing and I'm hoping it's not too weird. I've seen people fence in their entire yard, but not like... half. I'm attaching some pics to help tell the story.


I am also open to 100% NEW ideas. We need drought tolerant plants that can withstand a freeze and we are installing irrigation. Our home was built in 1960 and we love anything in the MCM aesthetic which seems to bode well for desert plants. Maybe a water feature, too?





P.S. The tree is staying. It's simply too big to remove.

Kommentare (5)

  • User
    vor 5 Jahren

    You would remove the tree?

  • Nicole Davis
    Ursprünglicher Verfasser
    vor 5 Jahren

    Hi Tony, Oh no, that thing is a monster! It's 4ft in diameter. You just can't see it from my cropping. Thinking maybe I would box it in and put a boulder in the left corner where absolutely nothing grows.

  • PRO
    Red Berm
    vor 5 Jahren

    I do like fences in the front yard to guide but maybe there should be a focal point on the garage or to show off the wall to the front door because right now the entrance of the fences guides to the garage.

  • PRO
    Yardvaark
    vor 5 Jahren

    The picture is neither good for conceiving of a landscape concept nor for giving feedback on it to you. You need to stand on the city sidewalk with the camera, in line with the chimney. Then take a full 180* sweep of slightly overlapping pictures, panning left to right in order to show the complete, consecutive view of your WHOLE front yard. The city sidewalk will show in the first and last photos when done correctly. Don't substitute a computer generated panorama as it will be too small.

    How many times during the last year did anyone sit on the chairs in front of the garage? Who?

  • PRO
    Flores Artscape
    vor 5 Jahren

    A better photo would help, but also knowing what your taste and styles are. There are a LOT of options for drought-tolerant landscapes.


    A good place to start is deciding what styles you like?


    These are some options to start looking through for ideas - https://www.pinterest.com/floresartscape/drought-tolerant-plants/

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