Looks awesome. I live in the Alpharetta area, right near downtown, been living here for 15 years . Used to be a vendor at the Down Town Alpharetta Farmers market before they became more commercialized and I started college. . Still thinking about going back as a vendor, it's very temping and it's only like a $500 investment. . I like talking to the Milton police/Firemen, and I went to the OLD Milton Highschool. I work full time and just graduated last August from North Georgia College and State University. I spend my free time playing music with my dad, working out, and doing some serious garden work. Nice to hear some people living close by that are in to landscaping.

Looks good, but I would eventually shape the beds with an eye towards ease of mowing around them. Those pavers I'm sure help a lot. You can just use plain mulch with a cut edge for creating a bed. As long as it is working good for you, enjoy! I am dead lazy when it comes to mowing but enjoy gardening, so I'm always enlarging beds and shrinking the lawn.

Slope frequently does not convey accurately through photographs. It's hard for us to tell exactly how much you're dealing with. To me, it looks like you're going to need some retaining walls and cannot convert it back to slope. Keep in mind that slopes are like slow moving glaciers. A slope could stay in place for awhile. But over time they move, working their way downhill. After a bit, if just slope, I would imagine you'd be constantly cleaning soil off of the patio. There would likely be erosion problems coming, too. To replace what is there, I would recommend you use a concrete or masonry material due to its being longer lasting and its potential to be simpler. The existing wood walls look very busy and poorly constructed. I would recommend that you get someone on site to design something simpler, within your budget. It would be nice to make the slope toward the patio, including the stairs, less steep. I would use plants that didn't get too tall flanking the patio. Right now there are large bushes at each front corner of the patio. To me, they encroach too much in the view and would be better placed closer to the house, but not in front of windows. Directly out in the yard are a couple or three trees that will eventually be smack in front of the main view. I'd consider doing away with these in favor of trees pushed more to the side of the view.

Duplicate post. https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6447759/lirope-some-are-smaller#n=0  Without a picture and more information on conditions and current care, people can't make useful suggestions. ETA Now there are three posts with the same question https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6447918/lirope-need-some-help#n=1