Front Yard Landscaping in Springfield, VA

Front Yard Landscaping for Springfield Homes

Many Springfield front yards still carry the bones of the original planting from the 1950s through the 1970s: a row of foundation shrubs that now reaches the windowsills, a thinning lawn under an oak or tulip poplar, and a concrete walk that has settled. Local pros start by sorting what is worth keeping, then rebuild the beds, the entry and the lawn edges so the yard fits the house as it stands now.

A typical project removes overgrown yews, English ivy and tired groundcover, cuts new curved or straight bed lines, and works compost into the clay-rich subsoil common in this part of Fairfax County. Installers then add evergreen structure such as inkberry or American holly, a flowering layer of oakleaf hydrangea, Virginia sweetspire or redbud, and perennials like coneflower and black-eyed Susan. Soil near the foundation is pitched away from basement walls.

In North Springfield, where Edward Carr's builders kept many of the original trees, the work is often about light: lifting tree canopies, swapping shade-starved grass for sedge and fern, and framing all-brick fronts with brick or stone edging. Rolling Valley and Saratoga split-levels from the late 1960s and 1970s usually need the front walk and steps reworked along with the beds.