A Front Yard that Feels Alive (Hyde Park)
The Challenge
This Hyde Park front yard began as a familiar neighborhood landscape: a wide stretch of turf, clipped boxwoods, and a traditional foundation planting.
But the homeowner had a different vision.
He wanted his children to experience a front yard that felt alive, a place where they could move through garden beds, brush past flowers, watch pollinators at work, and see that landscaping could be more than lawn and shrubs.
The Transformation
The design replaced much of the turf with layered planting beds filled with native and pollinator-supporting plants, while still respecting the structure and rhythm of a more formal front yard.
The result is a landscape that feels both intentional and abundant, and demonstrates that native plantings can fit beautifully within a traditional Hyde Park setting.
Along the sidewalk median, yarrow creates a durable, low-growing ribbon of color and texture. It thrives in the tough growing conditions between street and sidewalk while providing a constant hub of visual activity for pollinators and passersby alike.