"Gardening Your Front Yard is an active, inspiring resource that shows you how to treat your front yard like a backyard without sacrificing beauty, from choosing the right plants to building front patios and walkways. With her unique combination of DIY/building savvy and gardening expertise, author Tara Nolan weaves you past the main pitfalls you may encounter when trying to fit a garden or gardens between your home and the street. This beautiful and comprehensive book shows how to accomplish several hardscape projects, such as building front patios, borders, edging, and walkways, as well as making your own raised beds, planting containers, trellises, rose arbors, privacy screens, and more-all custom-designed for the rigors of front-yard gardening"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

The Front Yard Comes into Focus -- Front Yard Living -- Front Yard Flowers, Foliage, and Groundcover -- Growing Vegetables in Front Yards -- Eco-Friendly Front Yards -- Front-Yard Paths, Edges, Fences, Walls, and Hedges-plus Side Yards and Driveways