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Clean Slate need Help with design
Comments (9)designoline6 Thanks for quickly responding. I love your renderings. I have posted a few more pictures (from left to right) to give you a better idea of how the property looks over all. (I can post a panoramic view tomorrow) My wife would like to include some azaleas in the design. Lastly - the plantings will need to be Deer resistant as we do get Deer on the property often. From landscaping From landscaping From landscaping From landscaping From landscaping From landscaping Lastly this is the left side of the house. From landscaping...See Moreclean slate front yard critique needed
Comments (3)Thanks for the replies. The house is in central Massachusetts. It faces West/SW and gets a lot of sun. I was hoping to put painted ferns under the birch. Do you think the birch will provide enough shade given how much sun hits the yard? There are some very large pine trees on the right side of the yard that I didn't show. They are on the property line of the neighbor's yard. I hadn't really thought much about larger trees out front as I don't want to hide the house. I just had a 10' tall wall of arborvitae pulled out from the street line against the wall that completely blocked the street view of the house. Do you have some suggestions as to where you think a larger tree or two might go well? Also, do you know if the Japanese holly in front of the house will be a manageable foundation plant? The tag on the nursery says they mature at 4'x4' but I've seen conflicting info online that lists them growing much larger. You are correct about the squares, they are 2'. Also, the wall is just decorative. It is plain concrete at the moment and pretty ugly. It was hidden by the bushes I just pulled out. My plan is to cover it in stone veneer instead of spending the money to have it removed. Also, the software I used is called realtime landscaping plus 5. It was pretty easy to use but cost me $80. I figured I would get more enjoyment out of the $80 buying the software and trying to design myself instead of paying someone to do the design for me. So far the software has been easy to use and I'm happy with the purchase. I was just hoping some folks with more experience could look it over and let me know if I'm doing anything crazy. This is my first gardening experience and I'm having a good time so far but want to make sure I'm on the right track....See MoreNeed Help with New Construction- Clean Slate
Comments (2)Here is a small contribution toward your needs. A tree, a shrub, some low groundcover among the rocks, and annual color by the door. (Not sure how you intend to put gravel on right side of house.)...See MoreBlank slate yard - landscape design help needed!
Comments (4)Don't think of this as a plan, but as an unfinished, tweakable scheme that could be a starting point for figuring out a layout. At the beginning, don't focus on planting, but on hardscape and layout geometry. The planting will adjust to it. There's still a good bit of the back yard that is hidden from us ... the back of house and west side of garage. About running a fence across the neighbor's garage, I presume the goal is to hide as much of the garage as possible. The problem is that you'll only be able to hide part of the wall with a fence that ends up, after weathering, to be probably not as good looking as the wall could be if it had new paint. There might be regulations against doing this because it would prevent your neighbor from accessing his wall for maintenance or inspection purposes. Consider conferring with the neighbor and explain the dilemma. Since he can't see it, he may be completely fine with you painting the wall the color of your choice. I doubt he's given any thought before....See MoreBeachygirl
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