A country-style front yard demonstrates a hospitable way of life. This can be achieved with a skilful combination of a stylish garden fence, natural paths and beautiful plants. Browse through tips and ideas on how to successfully design the rural front yard.

A colorful front yard brings a rural ambience

Designing enclosures in a country house style - rural impressions in wood

In the front garden design in a country house style, the enclosure also serves as a decorative element. A front garden without a fence looks open, but also impersonal. A low garden fence made of white wooden slats welcomes your guests in a more familiar and inviting way. So that the gate catches the eye of your visitors, it can be given a different color or an arched shape with decorative posts. An antique door bolt elegantly rounds off the entrance area.

Laying out paths in a rural style - naturalness is the trump card

Strictly geometric shapes contradict the romantic country house style. Therefore, lay out the paths with a slightly curved course. We recommend natural stone slabs, inexpensive polygonal slabs or white gravel with colored stepping stones as a covering. Although the main path is aesthetically perfectly embedded in the picturesque appearance, it should be wide enough at 120 cm to transport bulky items into the house without any problems. Small side paths, on the other hand, are welcome to be designed as enchanted paths under a rose-covered arcade and covered with bark mulch.

Floral finishing touches for the rural front yard - beautiful planting ideas

A creative composition of shrubs, perennials and flowers stylishly rounds off the romantic ambience in the country house front yard. The following plants perform this task with flying colours:

  • Flowering shrubs as eye-catchers, such as hydrangeas (Hydrangea) or butterfly bushes (Buddleja davidii)
  • Small trees as leading figures, such as 'Nana' (Catalpa bignoides)
  • Romantic perennials such as yarrow (Achillea ptarmica), peonies (Paeonia) or marshmallow (Althaea officinalis)
  • Colorful heralds of spring, such as snowdrops (Galanthus), daffodils (Narcissus) and tulips (Tulipa)

For an easy-care front garden design, we recommend integrating paved areas. Here you can place beautifully planted tubs with the flowers of the season during the summer time. Since rural and Mediterranean style harmonize perfectly, terracotta pots with lavender bushes exude a southern holiday feeling.

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Functional areas are also indispensable in the country house front garden. After all, the rubbish bins or bicycles must be easy to reach. In order not to impair the elegant overall picture, small hedges or green trellises hide pragmatic parking spaces from the view of visitors.

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