Finished Morgan Hill front yard with large-format gray pavers set checkerboard in pale gravel, a young Japanese maple, and red-bark planting beds.

Front Yard Pavers and Planting in Morgan Hill

A Morgan Hill front yard was refreshed with driveway pavers, porch and walkway tile, planting and irrigation, decorative rock and boulders, drainage, retaining and step work, and landscape lighting.

Location
Morgan Hill
Timeline
Completed front-yard hardscape and landscape project.
Style
Curb Appeal

The Problem

The existing front yard needed a curb-appeal refresh rather than a small touch-up.

A dated concrete driveway, a dry front lawn, and a plain entry path left the home with little curb appeal and called for a full redesign rather than a patch.

An aging front yard with overgrown hedges, small trees, and a tired entry and driveway needed full removal and a redesign, not a patch-up.

Our Approach

The project combined front-yard hardscape, tile, planting, decorative gravel and red-bark mulch, drainage, and lighting into a single front-yard build.

The Plan

Set the paver driveway, the checkerboard paver-in-gravel walkway, and the planting beds on a single 2D plan so their lines aligned before demolition began.

Square the porch steps and walkway to the home's gabled entry so the approach lines up cleanly from the street.

Use paver and tile selections to coordinate with the home exterior instead of treating the driveway and entry path as separate visual elements.

Wrap the hardscape with drought-tolerant beds, decorative gravel and red-bark mulch, granite boulders, drainage, and low-voltage lighting to finish the yard.

The Build

The Result

The finished front yard pairs a new gray paver driveway with a large-format paver walkway set checkerboard in pale gravel, a young Japanese maple, and low-water beds of succulents and ornamental grasses among granite boulders and red-bark mulch.
Finished Morgan Hill front yard from the street, with a new gray paver driveway and drought-tolerant planting beds. After
The Morgan Hill home before the remodel, with a plain concrete driveway, dry lawn, and utility survey markings. Before
The new paver driveway and low-water frontage seen from the street after the remodel.

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Investment Range

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  • $39,500 – $45,000
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Estimated total

Estimates only — actual investment depends on site conditions, material selections, and scope.

FAQs

What was included in this Morgan Hill front-yard project?
The project included a paver driveway with pathway, porch, and patio tile, planting with irrigation, decorative rock and boulders, retaining and step work, drainage, and landscape lighting.
What investment range is typical for a front-yard paver and landscape refresh like this?
This project fell in the $90k–$105k range based on its completed value.
How long does a front-yard project like this take?
Timelines vary with site conditions, demolition, and material lead times. A coordinated front-yard hardscape and landscape project of this scope is typically completed in a few weeks of active work.
What should homeowners plan for on a similar front-yard remodel?
Plan the driveway or walkway work, planting, drainage, lighting, and finish materials together so the driveway, walkway, planting, and lighting are finished in a single build rather than as separate upgrades.

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