Front garden

This client's front garden is on a busy main road, so they asked for some easy maintenance planting which would provide some screening againist both the sight and noise of the traffic.
Newly planted border (click to enlarge) Two years after planting (click to enlarge) Early Spring in year 3 after planting (click to enlarge) Young plants will catch up with larger ones quickly (click to enlarge) Plants mature to fill out the border (click to enlarge) The house is still exposed immediately after planting (click to enlarge) A screen is now forming between the house and road (click to enlarge)
My clients wanted to use up excess stone from building work, so I created a small rockery at the back of the main border. I used small shrubs and perennials and underplanted with spring bulbs.
Before construction (click to enlarge) Newly planted rockery (click to enlarge) First summer after planting (click to enlarge) Spring in year 3 after planting (click to enlarge)