30 September 2020
Oh my — plantings, drainage and pavers!
Color, drainage and a wider front walkway for a Sarasota home, planned over a few meetings and finished with paver borders.
The client had expressed interest in changing out their front landscape to add more color and make it easier to maintain. There were also drainage issues to be addressed on either side of the front entry. During further conversations, a decision was made to widen the front walkway and add some contrast to the plain concrete.
After a few in-person and telephone meetings, a final plan was agreed. The existing landscape material was removed except for the pygmy date palms. Sod was removed to enlarge the front bed and give it a more interesting bed line. The drainage was extended to move water from the roof away from the front entry.
The right side of the walkway was planted with copperleaf, black alocasia, coontie and a silver European fan palm. The left side was planted with copperleaf, bird of paradise, African iris, crinum lily, Texas sage, king’s mantle, coontie, cocoplum, false agave, ti plants, dracaena and crotons — plants that provide both leaf color and flower color through the year. The beds were topped with cocoa brown mulch to help with moisture retention and weed control, and to contrast with the varied leaf colors.
The concrete walkway to the front door was not left out: pavers were added as a border to provide additional width as well as color along the walkway, as the client had requested.
Before & after
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