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Small front yards don’t have to cramp your style.

Most of these ideas can be beneficial to the surrounding wildlife and insects near your home.

Passmore explains how she likes bunch grasses since they are able to thrive yearly after they’re established.

Front yard with native plants and grasses

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Growing in tufts, they can make a large visual impact in a small space, Passmore says.

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Consider if you have sun or shade, deer in the area, and what your budget is.

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One option that usually ticks all the boxes regardless of your answers is grasses.

“There is a grass for every height needed, and most are deer-resistant,” he says.

He explains how these can often weed out weeds while creeping about the garden.

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In fact, there are plenty of ways to design alow-maintenance wildflower gardenin your front yard.

“They require far less maintenance and are great for your local wildlife.”

You’ll be supporting pollinators and have quite a pretty spectacle to look at each day.

Ornamental grasses growing near red stepping stones

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For warmer climes, a cool way of implementing this is throughxeriscaping.

“This could include rock gardens with succulents,” Dilmore says.

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