My Front-Yard Gardens

(If you haven't read the Planning the Garden page, go back and do that now. It describes the steps used to make this front-yard plan.)

Here's a small version of the empty PowerPoint™ diagram of my front yard. As you can see, the perienniels (trees, multi-year crops like asparagus, etc.) are entered in this diagram, but the annuals (see second diagram) are not.
For reference, east, the direction of the rising sun, is towards the bottom right of the diagram, over the Ducher rose.
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And here's a small version of the filled-in (and annotated) PowerPoint™ diagram of my front yard for the Spring of 2012.
Again, click on the image for a full-sized version:

In my particular case, the front yard has the advantages of being flat and having good soil to a depth of several inches. It has the disadvantage all front yards do, namely that it is open to being encroached on by everything from children to dogs. As you can see from the diagrams, there's a fence giving partial protection to the garden area, but it's not iron-clad.

Security is an important part of your planning, and you should plan for some sort of barrier to protect your gardens - especially yard areas without fencing at present - from animals and people who might damage them, accidentally or on purpose. This is one of the aspects that I'll work with you to implement.