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HGTV Dream Home 2012: Front Yard Pictures

Natural meadow grasses, ornamental grasses and evergreens comprise the thoughtful landscape design.
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Landscape elements were chosen to accentuate architectural features and meld with the surrounding meadow grasses. The low-maintenance plan incorporates hardy, drought-tolerant species.

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HGTV Dream Home 2012 Front Entrance
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A lush lawn of Kentucky bluegrass, surrounded by beds of ornamental grasses and evergreens, greets visitors.

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Home's Front Entrance With Walkway and Stone and Wood Pillars
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Formal, walled gardens of grasses flank the boardwalk-style front entrance. Shades of green and gold pop against the muted grey tones of composite decking and Utah limestone.

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Front Porch with Wooden Blue Planters
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Custom-crafted planters flank the home's formal front entrance. The handiwork of carpenter David Brown, the pillars, trimmed in decorative nailheads, bring some bling to the front porch.

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Sculptural in quality, timber trusses, siding, corrugated roofing and a Juliet-style balcony are unifying features of the home's modern rustic architecture.

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Exterior Muted Gray and Blue Tones of House
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Vantage points — views from the yard, porches and interior spaces — were taken into consideration when planning landscape beds.

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Formal gardens, framed by walls of limestone, are home to Karl Forester and Hameln Dwarf Fountain Grasses, which lend golden color in the front yard.

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With three sets of French doors, the front porch offers easy access to the great room.

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"I call that naked space, like in a painting," says interior designer Linda Woodrum, who chose not to furnish the front porch. "I like being able to enjoy the pureness of the architecture."

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The home's programmable and water-saving irrigation system features both drip irrigation emitters to nourish landscape beds and a rotary-style spray system that waters lawns of Kentucky bluegrass.

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Ornamental grasses were selected for hardiness and impact in the meadow-themed landscape design.

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Beds of Slowmound Mugo Pine will grow to approximately three feet in height and lend brilliant emerald green color throughout the year.

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Sub-Alpine Fir flank each end of the home, standing as bookends. The slow-growing, spir-like tree will grow no taller than 50 feet in its lifetime.

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Grasses should be trimmed back in late fall or early spring (mid March to the first of May) for maximum growth and impact during summer months.

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HGTV Dream Home 2012, Front Exterior
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A special blend of grasses, sourced locally, will eventually grow to match the height and color of natural meadow grasses.