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Oonagh Turner

5 ways to landscape a front yard with rocks that add easy impact and calming organic style

A front yard designed with rocks

Landscaping your front yard isn't all about the plants and flowers you choose to grow. Rocks of all shapes and sizes can also be used widely as a landscaping device, adding interest, contrast and drama to your space all the while looking natural as though they've been there the whole time. They are also very low maintenance and any moss, plants or lichen that might grow over time can only make the rock look more at home in your front yard. 

'Rocks in all forms add a naturalistic feel to a space and depending on the type and placement,' says Kat Aul Cervoni, designer at New York boutique firm, Staghorn. 'And they can read both classical and contemporary in style.' 

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