Sometimes concrete can leave a home feeling cold, but this beautiful modern home looks warm and inviting with the help of rich surrounding colors.

4. The Sloped DrivewayThe challenge: Creating planting pockets that are easy to manage.Solution A: Combine a stepped pathway to one side of the drive with a series of built-in planters between the two.This design almost makes me wish I had a sloping driveway. It not only solves the problem of planting, but by incorporating a series of wide, shallow steps, the designer has made the journey on foot much more comfortable.The square and rectangular planters tie in with the motif used for the garage door and windows.If you build raised beds, you can keep the soil surface level, avoiding the problem of erosion after a heavy rainfall as well as allowing for deeper soil to support trees and larger shrubs. For added interest these could always be brightened with seasonal color, yet this simple approach is in keeping with the overall planting theme of the home.

curb appeal

Exterior color

Planters

Love the rock detail on the steps

square and rectangle planter along drive

Concrete planter & steps

Planters on the side of the driveway

Nice planters and stairs

planters

Trottoir ciment et cour en pente Carré arbuste Gris pâle

Arbol

Integrated driveway and entrance paving

sloped drive with raised beds

Colorado plus cedar

front

Front door to around living rm to new deck

nice cement planting boxes

great, clean look

exterior colors

hardscaping - eliminated grass/watering

General look

النوافذ

abu abu, putih + aksen dgn expose bata

Landscaped driveway3

side walk

Stepped plantings

Driveway steps

large driveway

cedar and stucco siding

driveway terraced steps to driveway from house

driveway part of landscaping

חזית

steps for outback

Like the plantings and the house

concrete work

mmmmm

square pattern for front entry

gorgeous house, planters add interest to the steps, color scheme

black trim paint color and style

House and steps by driveway

driveway

Ideas for sloped driveway.......create "stair/garden" going down to the street....helps prevent erosion....interest/comfortable walk (to mailbox!?)....can add shrubs/small dress along the way for interest and again....erosion control.

Planters on driveway

Steps & planters alongside sloping driveway. Useful for mountain homes?

Mod House Exterior with Attached Garage

Planter box on driveway/stairs

driveway

kombinacija svega

walkway and driveway are sculptural

front poarch

Front garden ideas

sidewalk & planter boxes

ogród

Windows

driveway

Planters along a sloped driveway

Sloped driveway - challenge to provide planting pockets that are easy to manage. A series of wide shallow steps alongside a sloping driveway with a series of build-in planters between the two.Squared design ties in with house and garage door. Raised beds keep soil surface level, avoid erosion and allow deeper soil.

my curb appeal

Jenny's driveway

Modern

driveway

Driveway planters

Driveway

Exterior

very nice layout

Driveway

interesting way to approach a sloped up driveway with steps and planters on the side

Driveway landscaping

Creating planting pockets that are easy to manage. Combine a stepped pathway to one side of the drive with a series of built-in planters between the two. This design almost makes me wish I had a sloping driveway. It not only solves the problem of planting, but by incorporating a series of wide, shallow steps, the designer has made the journey on foot much more comfortable. The square and rectangular planters tie in with the motif used for the garage door and windows. If you build raised beds, you can keep the soil surface level, avoiding the problem of erosion after a heavy rainfall as well as allowing for deeper soil to support trees and larger shrubs. For added interest these could always be brightened with seasonal color, yet this simple approach is in keeping with the overall planting theme of the home.

Nice modern design.

Terrace entrance to Lake house

Front walk ideas

I like the break between drive and entry

Colors exterior, natural wood with Behr gray-green. Concrete steps up slope, exposed aggregate landing combined with concrete.

cement steps and boxes

What a lovely idea!

built-in planter boxes

wood accents look clean

Sidewalk with the built-in landscaping

front yard

Colors

The Sloped Driveway The challenge: Creating planting pockets that are easy to manage. Solution A: Combine a stepped pathway to one side of the drive with a series of built-in planters between the two. This design almost makes me wish I had a sloping driveway. It not only solves the problem of planting, but by incorporating a series of wide, shallow steps, the designer has made the journey on foot much more comfortable. The square and rectangular planters tie in with the motif used for the garage door and windows. If you build raised beds, you can keep the soil surface level, avoiding the problem of erosion after a heavy rainfall as well as allowing for deeper soil to support trees and larger shrubs. For added interest these could always be brightened with seasonal color, yet this simple approach is in keeping with the overall planting theme of the home.

rocks between slabs

walkway with raised flower beds

plant arrangement

Siding/exterior stairs

Planters by driveway

Add walking path along driveway for people parking on street

Front yard steps

planters and stairs

Modern style house

driveway front yard sloping solution.

Garage and tree planting/landscaping

Steps and tree planting

built-in raised beds/planters on slope

Steps with planters

planters at entry walk

great way to add height to house and look at garage door--it becomes an architectural feature!

could work IF we don't do larger porch

redesign of entrance to house

The challenge: Creating planting pockets that are easy to manage. Solution A: Combine a stepped pathway to one side of the drive with a series of built-in planters between the two. This design almost makes me wish I had a sloping driveway. It not only solves the problem of planting, but by incorporating a series of wide, shallow steps, the designer has made the journey on foot much more comfortable. The square and rectangular planters tie in with the motif used for the garage door and windows. If you build raised beds, you can keep the soil surface level, avoiding the problem of erosion after a heavy rainfall as well as allowing for deeper soil to support trees and larger shrubs. For added interest these could always be brightened with seasonal color, yet this simple approach is in keeping with the overall planting theme of the home.

driveway and steps with planters

think this through for front yard

if we ever revamped our driveway

Stairs

Nice solution for a sloped driveway.

Garden 2013 The challenge: Creating planting pockets that are easy to manage. Solution A: Combine a stepped pathway to one side of the drive with a series of built-in planters between the two. This design almost makes me wish I had a sloping driveway. It not only solves the problem of planting, but by incorporating a series of wide, shallow steps, the designer has made the journey on foot much more comfortable. The square and rectangular planters tie in with the motif used for the garage door and windows. If you build raised beds, you can keep the soil surface level, avoiding the problem of erosion after a heavy rainfall as well as allowing for deeper soil to support trees and larger shrubs. For added interest these could always be brightened with seasonal color, yet this simple approach is in keeping with the overall planting theme of the home.

potential drive/sidewalk idea... asi asi

sloped driveway, stepped pathway with planters

create planting pockets that are easy to manage?

simple steps with landings of different material

entry hardscape

wood

Garden steps pot

Cool planters

Planter extension of sidewalk

Driveway

Beautiful house!!!

front steps

sloping front yard

Nice idea for the front

Planting pockets

Entry / drive planters

driveway

planters

Not a bad concept

planter ideas for long bed on south side of house

Front

back porch landscaping option

Stone around tree

Driveway

Contemporary

diveway

love house, and walkway up

Driveway

Garage and front door interest

driveway landscaping

Cement staircase

love the geometric shapes of planter beds that compliment the house

Driveway

sloped driveway and planters

like the garage and planters

sloping driveway with planting pockets and steps

Landscape for stares

Like garage door

stair

planters

Sloped driveway

concrete planter

BACKYARD POSSIBILITES

Square planter by side patio

E

Wood + concrete

sloped driveway with edge stepping details

Love the planting pockets

Color

Use of concrete planters and steps along slope

Blend of wood and stucco.

various landscape elements.

Walkway structures.... Front of our house ....?

drive - cement planter to left of garage

steps

landscape steps

stucco color

concrete path

Yard to Driveway Separation with the concrete planters

walkway

roof

concrete

Lower pitch roofs make it low profile

House

Planters incorporated into steps

fascia board

color scheme

planters

Nice

Steps with planters on the sides.

Concreat outdoor

concrete work

House50

Isn't this nicer than if it was all concrete with no wood features?

Cool

House form

House colors

Concrete

i like how steps come around concrete planter...into our yard?

modern/contemporary mixed

Integral concrete 2

Stairs

Gray garage door

entrance walkway & driveway with landscaping

driveway terracing

driveway/steps

1258

X

concrete driveway and path to doorway