"Planting" yards, pictures, and ideas...
Front yard project
Owner: Diane Cloughessy Location: Oak HarborWe started out with a grassy, mossy area and a lot of individual spots where the grass was not growing. The only way to get to our frontdoor was by walking up the driveway. We live in a Cul de sac and most people park directly in front of the house so we needed a walkway from that area. My husband a...
Riverdance
Owner: Pocahontas Location: MolallaAfter building a home at the coast a decade ago and learning to garden in sand my husband and I decided to move closer to our kids and grandkids. We purchased a home on 1 acre along the river a year ago and will start all over again from scratch! (We gardeners love a challenge!) We started in the b...
Jamma's Fairy Garden - Part II
Owner: [email protected] Location: Randle,Starting this part of the saga... my Fairy Garden is showing five years of cheerful work. My delight in seeing the basics well laid and some plantings begin to mature is boundless. Janet Drake...
Paradise on the Mountain
Owner: Sherry Location: Towanda, PAMy gardens are mostly perennials, with a mixture of annuals and some decorative planters. I have many plans for more gardens & arrangements, I just need more time & energy. Our home & yard is on the sloped side of a mountain & the soil is very hard & tends to have a lot of rocks in it, making any s...
Lucky on the lake
Owner: David & kay Miller Location: Pittsburg, TxMy wife Kay and I relocated here when we retired five years ago. We have been working renovating the inside and the outside ever since. The front yard received a minor transition of adding several beds around the pecan trees and in front of the walkway. The backyard has been almost completely ren...
The Challenge of a Hill . . .
Owner: Coastal Gardener Location: Plymouth, MAThe hill behind our house is quite steep and is basically made up of sand. When I started landscaping it, I had to give each bush and plant its own enormous planting hole amended with lots of compost. ...
Going No where
Owner: Rob Location: Lincoln Park,NJfront and upper side yard, has no direction. Did some planting but nothing is flowing. Only get afternoon sun and just had a big oak cut down. All grass died and had ground cover down for 2 years. Need help.....
A Simple Patio Garden
Owner: Coastal Gardener Location: Plymouth, MAThis simple paver patio is surrounded by perennials, ornamental grasses and small shrubs. It's been about six years now since I put in the first planting, and it's now my favorite spot in the yard....
Asian / Japanese Garden
Owner: Tracy & Wendy Evans Location: Hurricane UtahThis is our back yard, We built the entire thing without the help of contractors. It has an 8000 gallon Koi pond with 2 water falls and an island, A stone zen garden, bonsai trees, a large grass area and a free standing deck in the shape of a yin yang with a working stream that runs through it, We w...
Paradise Revisited
Owner: Randy and Phyllis Location: Grandview, MOWe started working on this yard about 5 years ago. It has been a work in progress. Every year we try to work on another part of the yard it was so awful and big and we hated sitting in the yard, we planted trees to give us the privacy. Then we started building decks and finally started planting f...
