The front of our house has always been an area that I thought was pretty unusable and really ugly. These photo are taken partway into a big landscaping & mural project. Here the 4 x 4 foot brick patio has just been taken out, along with lots of heavy edging rock and round concrete stepping stones. My friend Tracy (landscape designer by profession) helped me plan the space and is ordering 4 big oak leave hydrangeas to form a green "wall" extending in a curve from the edge of the stone wall and about 50 helleborus to cover the concrete edge of the house. The gravel and misc. green plan areas are going to be mulch for a play area for the boys and the swing will back up to the hydrangeas. The space between the garden and carport are already partially walled in this evening, and tomorrow we'll finish the wall, paint it to match the house, and begin the murals that we'll mount on them. I've very sore and ready for bed, but I'm excited to see how quickly this is coming along. Here's a photo of one variety of helleborus - they are an evergreen that blooms from Dec - May!
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