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21 Landscaping Ideas for Farmhouse-Style Homes

By: Author John Goodman

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Categories Gardens and Landscaping, Home Stratosphere News, Interior Design

Published on April 14, 2023

Four-bedroom craftsman home features a combination of clapboard siding and board-and-batten exterior with a concrete driveway that has a wooden pergola over the garage door and custom-made wooden address posts. The front garden is planted with various sizes of evergreen shrubs and deciduous trees.

Farmhouse-style can be a bit of a mix and match, whether it’s for interior design or outside landscaping. Natural materials are essential, with plenty of leeway in how different elements are put together. Someone may try to sell you artificial turf, but that’s where to draw the line. Rustic and timeless are hallmarks of Farmhouse style, however, the look can also tolerate contemporary flair. We’ve put together a curated gallery of Farmhouse landscaping ideas to inspire your own outdoor project.

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1. Horseshoe Driveway Provides In-N-Out Access

The lovely white and gray exteriors of the house is complemented by the lush green framing of the landscaping with well-maintained grass and tall trees. The concrete driveway leading to the garage doors match the brightness of the house.

White exterior siding, dormer windows, and white columns frame the covered porch in this four-bedroom two-story modern farmhouse. The roof is a combination of shingles and metal trim with rustic wood used for both the front door and garage doors. The concrete horseshoe driveway provides in-n-out access for cars with two separate approaches.

2. Strip of Soil Intersects Front Lawn with Evergreen Shrubs

This gorgeous home is foregrounded by a lush couple of green lawns of grass split in two by a row of dark soil waiting for shrubs. The side of the house is also adorned with low shrubs and decorative rocks.

Two-story, five-bedroom modern farmhouse features a row of soil with planted shrubs and rocks intersecting the front lawn. More shrubs and plants grow around the edges of the house foundation, providing a border between the lawn, front sidewalk, and structure.

3. Stone Fire Pit Set Around Concrete Pavers

This gorgeous bright home is given various outdoor areas for dining and relaxing. Here you can see that there is a stone firepit surrounded by wooden arm chairs on a concrete slab floor with grass accents.

Farmhouse landscaping of the backyard includes a stone fire pit surrounded by wooden club armchairs on concrete pavers laid in the grass adjacent to a patio area which has a picnic table, barbecue and storage bins. 

4. Patio Overlooks Expansive Backyard Lawn

This is the view from the back of the house that has a large lawn of grass perfect for parties. There is also an outdoor area surrounded by <a class=

Farmhouse landscaping in the backyard of this four-bedroom, two-story shingle-style home features a patio with resin furniture bordered by shrubs and potted plants and overlooking an expansive lawn.

5. Barndominium Decked Out in Rustic Wood, Stone and Metal Cladding

The earthy brown wooden exteriors of the house matches well with the surrounding soil landscaping of the house. This then transitions into the concrete driveway and small courtyard in front of the house leading to the garage doors.

Barndominium farmhouse, wrapped in rustic wood, stone, and metal cladding, features a shed roof and corrugated metal dormers. A concrete driveway and small courtyard in front of the house lead up to an angled three-car garage.

6. Evergreen Shrub Garden Borders Entire Front of Home

This gorgeous home is complemented by the simple landscaping that has small shrubs at the side of the house along with lawns of grass flanking the walkway.

Four-bedroom, two-story farmhouse features a front porch with an evergreen shrub garden border around the entire front of the home. The rural setting includes a lawn with mix of deciduous and evergreen trees. 

7. Craftsman Home Clad in Clapboard and Board and Batten Siding

Four-bedroom craftsman home features a combination of clapboard siding and board-and-batten exterior with a concrete driveway that has a wooden pergola over the garage door and custom-made wooden address posts. The front garden is planted with various sizes of evergreen shrubs and deciduous trees.

Four-bedroom craftsman home features a combination of clapboard siding and board-and-batten exterior with a concrete driveway that has a wooden pergola over the garage door and custom-made wooden address posts. The front garden is planted with various sizes of evergreen shrubs and deciduous trees.

8. Stone Lamp Posts Mark Entranceway to Property

This is view from the entrance of the property showing the concrete slab driveway flanked with low decorative stone posts with lamps. The driveway forms into a courtyard in front of the house that is adorned with various shrubs and tall trees.

Front yard of a two-story, four-bedroom farmhouse features a concrete slab driveway flanked by two stone lamp posts at the entrance. The driveway forms a courtyard in front of the house, bordered by a garden of evergreen shrubs and deciduous trees on one side and a grass lawn on the other.

9. Flowering Shrub Hedge Greets Visitors to Nantucket House

This is a Farmhouse-style landscaping that aims to complement and accent the home rather than compete for attention. There is a gravel driveway and walkway leading to a set of steps to a front porch that is adorned with a couple of ledges on both sides bearing flowering shrubs that complements the pink exterior walls.

Nantucket home features exterior wood shakes and a colonial architectural style with a large wrap-around porch. A gravel driveway and walkway leads to a set of steps with a couple of hedges bordering the front porch.

10. Front Yard Devoted to a Variety of Shrubs and Plants

This simple Farmhouse-style landscaping showcases a gray concrete driveway and walkway that has carpets of grass in between concrete slabs to emphasize the lines. These are then adorned with rows of flowering colorful shrubs much like the ones on the right that are evenly spaced.

Farmhouse-style landscaping features a concrete driveway and walkway with grass visible in between the slabs. That’s the only place where there is grass, as the entire front yard is devoted to a variety of flowering shrubs and plants with a mulch base. The space also includes a bench under the front window.

11. Shrubs and Ornamental Grasses Line Walkway and Driveway

This brilliant home has a gray first floor that is complemented by the gray concrete walkways and driveway that both lead to a dark gray door flanked by wall-mounted lamps. This is accented with colorful spaced shrubs of the front lawn.

Contemporary home features gray board and batten siding with wood stain accents on second-story sections. The Farmhouse-style landscaping incorporates shrubs and flowers planted in mulch alongside concrete walkway and driveway.

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12. Potted Plants Decorate Front Stone Walkway

This is a front yard view of the house that has multiple tall trees providing a nice complement to the gray exteriors. These are matched with a gray concrete walkway with potted flowers on one side and a couple of grass carpets separating the property from the asphalt road.

Farmhouse-style landscaping features a lawn with potted plants along the front stone walkway. The latter connects an asphalt road with the front porch of the house. The property also has several small deciduous trees.

13. Concrete Paver Deck Surrounds Pool Area

This backyard rectangular pool is paired with white lawn chairs shaded by the beach umbrellas on the concrete floor surrounding the pool. These flooring also houses a sitting area and a dining area near the white exterior walls.

Backyard rectangular pool is paired with white lawn chairs shaded by beach umbrellas on the concrete paver floor surrounding the pool. The spacious area also includes several separate sitting areas on the deck as well as an expansive lawn.

14. Mature Shrubs and Trees Fill Property with Greenery

The charming pool is surrounded by potted flowering plants that pairs well with the surrounding flowering shrubs that encroach on the concrete walkways around the pool that has several sitting areas and lounge chairs to enjoy the sun.

Backyard pool area features potted flowering plants on a concrete paver deck as well as mature shrubs and trees throughout the property. 

15. Stone Lamp Posts Mark Entranceway to Property

This is a front view of the house exterior that showcases the lush and colorful miniature gardens along with graveled walkways and driveway.

Lush and colorful miniature gardens, featuring evergreen shrubs, ornamental grasses, and small trees, wind their way around the graveled walkways and driveway of this farmhouse.

16. Corner Property Surrounded by Shrubs and Ornamental Grasses

This is an exterior view of the house with decorative stones, gray bricks and shrubs that bring color to the house exterior.

Corner property dispenses with a lawn entirely and instead features decorative stones, evergreen shrubs, and ornamental grasses surrounding the front of the home. The exterior of the house includes shiplap, board and batten, and gray brick siding with black-framed windows.

17. Garden Borders Lawn and Driveway

This is a front view of the house with bright exteriors showcasing a wide concrete driveway beside the grass lawn bordered with shrubs and plants leading to the main entrance.

Three-bedroom, two-story home features a wide driveway with evergreen shrubs and herbaceous plants bordering the lawn and leading to the main entrance.

18. Porch Furnished with Bench Swing and Hanging Baskets

This is an exterior view of the front of the house that has a grass lawn traversed by concrete walkways and complemented by planters and potted plants to bring color to the bright exteriors.

Concrete walkways intersect the front lawn, with potted plants and a garden surrounding the home’s porch and foundation. The porch includes a bench swing, decorative pillars, flowers in plants, and hanging baskets.

19. Entrance Walkway Lined with Plants

This view of the front of the house showcases a concrete walkway lined with small shrubs on the sides leading to the main entrance of the house.

Modern farmhouse features a concrete walkway lined with small evergreen shrubs, ornamental grasses, and small deciduous trees leading to the main entrance. Outside the front door, a pergola provides a base for some shade and future plants.

20. Curved Garden Borders the House Foundation

This is an exterior view of the house that has bright shiplap exterior walls and gray roof. These are then complemented by the landscaping that has a large planter on the side of the house running along the concrete walkway contrasted by the grass lawn.

A farmhouse with a white shiplap exterior and blue-green wooden shutters features curved layers of grass, a cement walkway, and a mulch garden bordering the home’s structure. Evergreen shrubs and ornamental grasses are planted in the garden between the sidewalk and house foundation.

21. Restored Farmhouse Features Stone Walkways

Restored 19th century South African farmhouse features stone walkways that pass through medium-sized trees and shrubs towards the front door of the main house. The heritage buildings of Buffelsdrift farmhouse, 15 kilometers west of Ladismith in the arid Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape, were restored by SAOTA architectural firm and architect Jaco Booyens, a specialist in clay buildings.

Restored 19th century South African farmhouse features stone walkways that pass through medium-sized trees and shrubs towards the front door of the main house. The heritage buildings of Buffelsdrift farmhouse, 15 kilometers west of Ladismith in the arid Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape, were restored by SAOTA architectural firm and architect Jaco Booyens, a specialist in clay buildings.

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