Many of our clients have big landscaping dreams which we love to make happen for them. However, those projects can take up a lot of their time and budget. We work with clients to set the grand design and then implement it in phases all the time. For example, our clients had purchased a large house that came with the need for a large landscape design. We discussed the broad brush idea for their whole yard and then began with the front of the home since it was the most public side. Our goal was to ensure that anything we did in the first phase would not have to be undone to complete the rest of the design.

Our clients’ purchased farmhouse style home in rural Zionsville. The house had a large front porch that they wanted to highlight, but they also wanted to keep the landscaping simple. Our goal for this design was three-fold: highlight the porch, add seasonal color, and complement the farmhouse feel with a traditional yet modern touch. Our clients were not interested in doing a lot of maintenance, so we chose plants that would pretty much take care of themselves.

We started by framing the home, placing impactful planting on both sides. On the left, we added a large grouping of blue spruce in a very blue variety with the idea that the color would pop nicely against the white house. We used three of them since we needed a lot of volume due to the size of the home; a single tree would have looked too small even when it matured out. On the other side of the home, we added a single Serbian spruce in silver blue with the intention of softening the garage.

To fill in the middle of the frame we created beds and planted spreading yew, spring spirea that blooms white, summer spirea that blooms hot pink and ornamental grasses. We lined the walkway with boxwood to highlight the front walk for visitors and to add a touch of formality to the design. The simple and clean look that was still impactful from the road 300 yards away was exactly what our clients were looking for.

We also cut basic bed shapes and covered them with mulch around the back and side of the house without much planting. The point was to make the area look clean until our clients are ready to tackle the next phase. They are planning to install a pool and fish pond in the backyard and add more trees to the front.

At Eagleson Landscape Co, we welcome big dreams from our clients. While we are happy to make them come true in one fell swoop, we also understand that large projects may have to be completed in phases. Knowing what you want to achieve up front means you can implement slowly but with an eye to the end goal. Then you minimize the potential for having to undo something you did a few years earlier to accommodate the next phase.

Questions about this project or your own home? Send us an email or give us a call at (317) 997-4803.