Lawn Decoration Ideas

Lighting

• Use lighting to enhance the outline of your lawn, or to make some of your more prominent lawn features stand out. Run rope lighting along the walkways of your lawn to give them a nighttime outline that is both attractive and a visual aid for people walking along them at night. You can install simple solar-powered landscaping lights along the perimeter of your house and along your walkway for maintenance-free illumination. If you have a tree or decorative bush in your yard, make it stand out by shining landscaping spotlights on it at night. Experiment with colored lights other than just basic white lights to see what kind of effects you get. Try programmable LED lights that can change colors all night long.

Garden

• A front yard garden can be the centerpiece of your lawn decorating scheme. Create a boundary for your garden with edging filled in with mulch. The edging adds a clean look to the shape of your garden, and the mulch protects the roots of your plants and helps the garden to stand out. Install a small park bench in your garden, and consider installing a pond or waterfall as well. You can get pond and waterfall kits from your local home improvement store. Use decorative and colorful stones in your garden to make it stand out even more.

Bushes and Shrubs

• Instead of installing a fence around your front yard, consider using shrubs. When you allow shrubs to grow tall enough, they can be trimmed into any design you choose. You can have a yard border of square-cut shrubs, round shrubs or even shrubs in different animal designs if you feel confident enough in your trimming talent. Place rose bushes or other colorful and decorative bushes along your home to add some color to your front yard.