Each day, the path to the front door serves as access for family and guests, alike. While we like to add surprises in our gardens, guessing how to get to the front door shouldn’t be one of them.
The journey to the front door should be clear and uncluttered, and wide enough for two to travel.
Secondary paths can more narrow, but an entrance path should be wide enough for two; ideally, a width of 4 – 5 feet.
After the knock, open wide and say, “Welcome.”
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Amen on planting a creative walk to the front door. You know it is wonderful when you finally have to come out the front door and great your guests on the sidewalk because they are spending so much time looking at the garden.
this house was on the tour last fall, wasn’t it?? it felt like walking into a secret garden around back. loved it!
Jim, that is how I was when I visited YOUR garden! Happy spring. H.
Yes, Meghan, it was open for the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days tour in 2009. A wonderful garden that will be featured in Country Gardens and Southern Living magazine. The Brights are also wonderful people. H.
Lovely home/garden in your photo. I didn’t make it to that house last year.
Living in the country on acreage without a street curb and having a heck of a long driveway through a meadow is a bit of a challenge here! We can’t have a 200 foot long walkway from the road.
Our guests always ignore the gravel guest parking spot and choose to park on the concrete family parking pad beside the garage. People are just attracted to concrete? So, it’s our guest parking that we think we’ll turn into a formal garden with raised beds (on top of that gravel)… We’ve started growing the future holly hedge and will have to build the rest slowly while we’re saving up our pennies.
they were very kind! aren’t all gardeners nice people….well maybe not all the time, but especially when talking “garden talk” with each other.
excited to see their gardens in the magazines.
C, those formal raised beds sounds exciting. H.
Yes Meghan, there is just something about gardeners! H.