From thirsty lawn to a front yard that welcomes you home
The starting point
A classic Arvada story: a brick ranch with good bones, hidden behind a struggling lawn, overgrown shrubs crowding a narrow, cracked concrete walkway, and a plain driveway that did nothing for the home. Our clients were done watering grass they never used — and they came to us with a clear vision.
They wanted every blade of grass gone, replaced with a landscape on drip irrigation — with fruit trees, garden boxes on drip, night lighting, and pavers they’d already fallen in love with. Not a maintenance project: a front yard that works for how they actually live.
Designed together
This is what collaboration looks like: the clients brought their paver selection and their wish list; we brought the design that made it all one experience. A wide, winding paver walkway replaced the cracked strip of concrete. The driveway became a charcoal paver surface that reads like an entry courtyard. Boulders, columnar evergreens, and drought-tolerant plantings replaced the lawn — every plant, fruit tree, and garden box on efficient drip irrigation.
And because a front yard should welcome you home after dark too, we wove in night lighting that carries the whole design into the evening.
The build — 4 weeks, one team
Grass removal and grading. Irrigation converted to drip. Paver driveway and walkway set on an engineered base built for Colorado freeze-thaw. Garden boxes built and plumbed, fruit trees planted, lighting wired and aimed. One owner-led team from first sketch to final stone.
The dusk photo says it best: a curving paver path glowing under new lighting, framed by boulders and blooming hyssop — a first impression that finally matches the home. And the water bill dropped with the lawn.
Dreaming about your own front-yard transformation?
Most of our design-build projects range from $35,000 to $200,000+, and every one starts with a conversation. We respond within one business day.
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