Historic German Village Front Terrace

This beauty sat atop a dull, grassy slope until this elegant and simple brick wall gave it a fitting visual foundation, level front yard, and welcoming entry.

A long 30” brick retaining wall with limestone cap sits 3 ft and parallel with a public concrete sidewalk in front of a beautiful brick with wood trim Victorian house

Along the left side of the beautiful brick Victorian house with big wrap-around front porch are a row of pink dogwood trees that bloom in the spring

A custom scrolling black wrought iron gate sits between two limestone plasters with large irons filled with colorful fall plantings and on either side boxwood hedges in front of the brick retaining wall

In the small front yard in front of the wrap-around porch sits a large planter pot with a curved walkway on one side and a low boxwood curved hedge on the other

The limestone stone cheek walls that flank the front sidewalk gate, the front porch steps, and the side porch steps, are custom designed by Jacobs Grant Design ltd, to echo other historical features in the neighborhood.

Along the left side of the house runs a 2 ft wide long straight limestone path with boxwoods and vinca ground cover and a row of ornamental trees and to the right is the boxwood hedge at the porch

8-inch wide custom cut Indiana limestone cheekwalls have a swooping curve downward on each side to match the step three limestone steps between, a ceramic pumpkin at the top of each

The row of dogwood trees softens views to the neighbor’s porch but also allows views to their yard.

The long path between the tall planter pot in the front yard and the porch at the back is sandwiched between vinca and boxwood hedges on each side

A classic stone walkway welcomes visitors. The iron gate and pilasters are also custom designed, with style input from the owner.

The curly-q black wrought iron front gate hangs between two thick limestone pilasters

The front walkway to the porch begins at the street end and the two white pilasters and ends at custom cut curved limestone cheek, walls and stairs

Through the front wrought iron gate is a small, flat yard with vinca minor ground cover

A close-up of the large accent planter pot in the front yard shows fall flowers and foliage

A close-up of the large accent planter pot in the front yard shows winter plantings of evergreen and bright red twigs

A close-up of the large accent planter pot in the front yard shows colorful spring bulbs blooming

The simplicity of vinca ground cover is teamed only with boxwood, seasonal planter pots, and the existing Japanese maple tree in this front yard landscape.

Planter pots seasonally filled by Postabilities.

A big, beautiful, red-leafed Japanese maple sits to the right of the yard in front of the big Victorian house. To the left is the simple yard of vinca, all sitting on top of the brick retaining wall with limestone cap

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