Imagining A Front Yard Conifer Garden With Miegakaure - February 2024
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a pretty lengthy garden diary post that outlined some of the inspiration and design ideas that I've been cataloging for the front yard . I also posted this conifer inspo of three blue junipers (upright) in a mixed perennial bed . What would it look like? Ideally... something like this house . But, that's not realistic - just yet. In that post, I talked about doing a 'phase 1', but doing it with an eye for the entire design. What's the key, defining characteristic of the 'entire design'? I think it is centered on three things: 1. A path. 2. A bern. 3. ...and some miegakure. I was out front - taking the garbage cans out - this past week and because there was some frost on the front lawn, I thought I could (sort-of) shuffle my feet through the grass and leave a mark of what feels natural in terms of a front-yard path. See below for my winding, curved (potential) garden path. It starts closer to the driveway, winds *b