Ready to make my backyard beautiful!
Hello everyone!
I have a backyard in desperate need of an update/rehaul. Everything about it screams "help!", And I feel paralyzed because I don't know where to start! I know I need to hire professionals to do the things I want, but I'm pretty handy and love to garder, so can do some things myself.
This is what I'd like to see changed:
Replant the four trees (2 apple and 2 cherry) from the middle,
Make the area by the basement doors as a low patio (Engineered wood?) Or ground patio (stone? Concrete?).
Space to the right of the yard (the area that gets the most sun)- create an area for some minimal gardening (tomatoes and easy to grow vegetables ).
Near the fence to the right and the back area: create English-garden looking areas with shrubs, greenery and perennials.
My patio- at some point I would love to turn it into a three seasons room or covered patio, but for no- widen the stairs.
Re-home the hydrangeas by the patio and the basement stairs area and make that whole space a patio (as I mentioned above).
Anyway, where would you start?
Thanks for any advice!
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Alex M
7 days ago
HU-457756048
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fnmroberts
7 days agoAgree with previous poster. A landscape architect will advise correct plantings for your exposure, soil, climate and include ones you wish. You won’t experience the plant loss and delayed maturity due to replacements.
We designed and built our patio but had all of then gardens professionally developed. What you see below represents much of 25 years.
The drone view:
A video of the space:Alex M
7 days agoAlex M
7 days ago@HU Thank you, I'm agree that listing my yard wants is a great starting point! I did feel better after writing that post.
I'm attaching a picture with the little trees circled.
KW
7 days agolast modified: 7 days agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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3 days ago@Ken_adrian I am near Baltimore, MD. Good idea about the checking the garden forums on perennials, etc. I also like the idea of starting with a small area... Creating a bit at a time. I think it would be good to have a general idea of what the vision is, though, before I start making mistakes haha... Maybe having a landscape designer will help with that vision. I would really like not to have much grass, actually... I find myself drawn to the gardens with stones as a ground cover. Something like this:
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