How do I landscape my front yard on a budget?

• <div><p>The best way to landscape your front yard on a budget is to invest in hiring a professional for hardscaping—things like upgrading walkways, redoing driveways, and installing partitions around garden beds. You can often do the softscaping yourself—think laying down mulch, caring for your lawn, removing weeds, and planting flowers and shrubs. It’s also almost always worthwhile to pay a professional for routine yard maintenance, as this dramatically improves curb appeal and delivers above 100% ROI in most cases.</p></div>

Are landscaping costs worth the investment?

• <div><p>Landscaping costs can pay off by helping your home sell faster, and homes with professionally landscaped properties can sell for higher prices. By maintaining lush, healthy landscaping, you’ll increase your home’s curb appeal, and you get to enjoy the improvements. This is especially true if you install an outdoor living area as a gathering place for the family and a quiet respite to relax.</p></div>

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Q: Can hedges be trimmed into other shapes?

• <div><p>Hedges can be trimmed in many other shapes than the standard square shape. They can be cut into spiral, cone, and sphere shapes. However, cutting and maintaining these types of shapes is much more challenging. There are metal frames that you can purchase to place around the hedge to make it much easier.</p></div>

Q: How do you make a drainage ditch look good?

• <div><p>If you don&rsquo;t like the way your empty drainage ditch looks, reach out to a local landscaping professional to discuss your options. They may be able to liven it up with plants, stones, bushes, or other decorative elements. You can also add your own landscaping, but you should first make sure that it won&rsquo;t block your ditch or prevent it from operating effectively.</p></div>

Q: What should I put down before landscaping rock?

• <div><p>Before you begin landscaping with rocks, put down a weed barrier or landscape fabric to prevent pesky weeds from poking through. </p></div>

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Last update on November 30, 2025

Reviewed in July 2025
Had a large River Birch in fromt yard that was severely damaged by ice last winter. One large portion was hanging on the ground. With the wet spring, they could not get equipment into yard until it got dry enough. They got that portion off the ground and cleaned it up so I could mow. They came...
H&S Timber
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Reviewed in June 2020
I had my front yard flower bed redone with several 16 gallon hydrangea bushes and a several yews planted in my back yard. They did a nice job! The owner, Chris Bagby, was very professional and offered great landscaping ideas for my yard. He was great to work with! I would highly recommend...
Chris Bagby Landscape
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Reviewed in January 2017
They estimated they would do the work on the 24th or 25th. They arrived Saturday evening with their equipment to start Sunday. They were very careful of yard ornaments, landscaping and other parts of the property. Very professional. When they were done, there was no mess left for me to even...
Advanced Tree, LLC
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Reviewed in October 2016
Jared's Lawn Service is amazing. I have been using it for years and do not plan on stopping anytime soon. Prices are more than fair, the quality of work is incredible, and there is something wonderful to be said about an individual that takes such pride in their work. In the summer I use the...
Jared's Lawn Service
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Reviewed in April 2014
Our backyard was graded wrong so Stork Landscaping dug us out and the retaining walls re-shifted the way the water flows, so it would flow around the house and not in the house, dug out the patio and pour new concrete. They didn’t have to do this but they did – we have part of the back end of...
Stork Landscaping LLC
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Reviewed in April 2009
They let the lawn grow too high; refuse to mow areas of lawn; turned on irrigation system, but failed to "winterize" it so that it was destroyed when the pipes froze in winter. Never removed a weed from landscaped beds.
THE GARDEN'S EDGE
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Reviewed in March 2009
Mr. Pinckard was most courteous, prompt and knowledgeable. He made informed suggestions as well as willingly listening to our ideas. His crew were diligent and stayed on task to get our job completed in a timely manner. We honestly were expecting the price to be higher than it was and so were...
Pinckard Landscape Services LLC
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