The work
A long foundation border wrapping a porch, built in three heights so it reads finished from the street.
A new-construction front yard with a single row of shrubs. We ran a steel-edged border the full length of the porch, set upright hollies as punctuation, then filled between them with roses, white angelonia, and ornamental grasses so the planting has movement in the evening light instead of sitting flat against the brick.
The challenge
What we walked into
A new-construction front yard in Grovetown with a single row of builder shrubs — flat against the brick, no presence from the street, and clay subsoil fresh from the grading crew.
Our approach
How we planted it
We ran a steel-edged border the full length of the porch, set upright Sky Pencil hollies as punctuation, and filled between them with roses, angelonia and ornamental grasses in three staggered heights.
The result
How it lives now
The bed reads finished from the street in its first season, moves in the evening light instead of sitting flat, and will fill into a full layered border by year two.
Built for Georgia clay
Every planting on this project was chosen for Zone 8 — the heat, humidity and heavy red clay that gardens from Grovetown to Augusta share. If your yard has the same conditions, the same palette can work for you.
