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25 Best Mailbox Landscaping Ideas

So you are looking for some low-maintenance privacy mailbox landscaping ideas, you have come to the right place. I will give you ten ideas that are very easy to implement and almost do not need any care at all. You just set the landscape design up and sleep.

These ideas can be set up alone or in groups, like flower beds, garden beds, with small stones, mulch, green plants, vines, colorful flowers, climbing trees, and many more. I would say, combine them all and see how they fit your yard, then finalize a design.

Curb Appeal Mailbox Landscaping Ideas

Before I give you those mailbox landscaping ideas, I want you to know that the design idea you will use must match your yard design.

You can not build an opposite landscape design near the mailbox as that will look odd. 

If you use river stones, then make sure your yard also has some river stones. If you use black mulch, then a similar thing must happen, and so on.

It is a small tip to make your mailbox landscape even more beautiful. 

1. Use Different Green Plants Near the Mailbox

Use Different Green Plants Near the Mailbox

My first idea is that you use medium-sized green plants around it. You can circle it with those plants to create a fence-like design under the box and then combine the will small grass on the ground.

If you have the mailbox on a wall, climbing trees will be better for this design. But for a yard, both designs are suitable.

Also read: Ten Cheap Front Yard Landscaping Ideas

2. Lay Some Black Mulch

Lay Some Black Mulch Around the Box

You can use some black or brown mulch on the ground under the box. It looks elegant and is also cost-effective. It can build a good contrast and canvas around your mailbox.

The black mulch will make your mailbox stand out in the yard and separate it from other landscape designs.

3. Circle the Mailbox with River Rocks

Circle the Mailbox with Rocks

Forget mulch or plants. Use small river rocks, and make a circle like a border. It also looks good if you want to give a natural look to your mailbox.

You can buy river rocks online and lay them around.

Now if you combine these three mailbox landscaping ideas, like creating a circle with river rocks, then using some mulch and planting green plants around it, the design will be complete, and you will get 3x exposure for your mailbox.

4. Lay Some Big Stones with Other plants

Lay Some Big Stones with other plants

If you have some big stones in your yard that are not in use, you can use them here under the mailbox. Just lay them in a way that looks like they were there like forever, and no one has ever tried to move them. 

It will build some uniqueness around the mailbox. But use it with other plants in a pot or on the ground. The plants will make this landscape design complete.

5. Build a Design with Vines

Build a landscape Design with Vines

You know plant vines. They climb anything they find near them and build a net-like look. These vines are almost similar to climbing trees but have differences. It is denser than the previous ones. Try it, if you think they can add value to your mailbox.

6. Create a Small Garden Bed Around the Mailbox

Create a Small Garden Around the Mailbox

You can create a small garden bed around the mailbox. Plant some flowers and plants you like, then use small grass on the ground to build a landscape. It completely depends on you how you will design the garden bed.

7. Design Your Mailbox with a Beautiful Flower Bed

Design Your Mailbox with plants and flowers

Similar to a garden bed, you can also build a flower bed around the mailbox. Use red, yellow, or white flowers around it with a little support from medium-sized grass. It does look good in the landscape.

8. Add Climbing Plants to Your Mailbox

Add Climbing Plants to Your Mailbox

I do not know why I am mentioning this again! I personally love it as it is one of the best mailbox landscaping ideas out there. Okay, I will go a bit deep in there.

Climbing trees can be anything, not just green plants. You can get any color of plants you want, even flowers that have similar natural designs. You will find many colorful plants and herbs, from yellow to red, to brown to many others. Use them in your mailbox and make them attractive.

9. Add Colorful Flowers around Your Mailbox

Add Colorful Flowers to your mailbox

I have already told you to create a flower bed. But this is a bit different. You will plant those flowers in the ground and let them grow as they want. 

No flower bed design here, just organic plant growth. You will see that it will create a new design by combining the grass on the ground. 

10. Build a Unique Mailbox

Build an Unique Mailbox

Everyone has a mailbox that looks almost similar and that is not attractive to me. I would love a new design that is out of this world, like a bird nest-like mailbox, a brick design mailbox, or a human face mailbox.

The designs are unlimited. Use the unique mailbox design you like the most.

11. Let the Greenery Cover it All

green mailbox design
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12. Build a Flower Bed

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13. Draw Your Garden Flowers Over the Box

mailbox art
Sheila Sund from Salem, United StatesCC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

14. Just Get a Stone Build Pet Neat It

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15. Maintain the Grass Around the Box

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16. Get those Post Office Regular Box

mailbox landscaping FAQs

17. Plant Colorful Flowers Around it

letter box
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18. Just Hang Some Artificial Vines

simple letter
Michael Coghlan on Flickr

19. Plant Flowers inside the Box

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20. Build a Garden Bed with Edging

mailbox curb appeal
Michael Coghlan on Flickr

21. Set Up Something Out of this World

unique letter box
John on Flickr

22. Buy a Bird House as Your Mailbox

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23. Paint the Box

painted mailbox
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24. Build a DIY Mailbox

wooden mailbox
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25. Get this Huge Red Mailbox

Mailbox in red color
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Last Words

So these are my top ten mailbox landscaping ideas for anyone who wants to make their mailbox more beautiful. Use a flower or garden bed, plant climbing trees in different colors, or mix them up with mulch and rocks.

Build a design that suits your whole yard. I hope you have got the idea. I wish you the best of luck in designing the landscape.

Mailbox Landscaping FAQs

Can I use rocks around my mailbox?

Yes, you can, and rocks will enhance the beauty of your mailbox if you use some green plants with them and probably a little black mulch.

What flower bed looks good around a mailbox?

I would say, go with any yellow flower bed and circle it with small rocks. That looks very attractive from far away.

How can I build a garden bed around a mailbox?

Arrange river rocks, green plants and herbs, and brown mulch, and set them up in a way that looks like a small garden. You can also use flowers here to make it more beautiful.

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Nazim Ali is an engineer who loves fixing things at home. He loves to try new things and share the knowledge with the world.