Before: A blank slate. The homeowner wanted color and texture, and as many native plants as possible.
New plantings:
After: A Relaxing retreat that supports numerous insects and birds
Make it Bloom Please!
BEFORE: Early spring – ornamental grasses just beginning to grow in back, empty space in front filling in with WEEDS!
Planting a mix of annuals and perennials . . .
Mid-season magic!
Lots of color please! Our customers really enjoy it!
Entry Makeover-Faux Stream Bed
Before: A Home needed the front entry spruced up . . .
AFTER: A faux riverbed took advantage of numerous gravel and rocks and saved the expense of removal.
A few years later . . . front beds transformation complete!
Transform the Jungle
BEFORE: The client wanted less “jungley” and instead, a more restful garden experience:
AFTER: We went Zenish. Low plants will fill in for a more lush look, but keep the scale so as not to compete with the weeping japanese maple.
Circle of Life
BEFORE:The client’s lawncare person cleared and readied the circular and other beds, but felt he was not qualified to design them. The client wanted something updated, modern, and distinctive.
After: A year later in summer
An early spring picture of dried foliage left standing for winter interest.
How the beds look in spring: Ahh Spring!
Some pro bono work:
I designed a Children’s garden at the Cross Plains Library, complete with yellow brick road.
BEFORE: Just weeds
The volunteers, librarian, and myself worked to plant the garden, here’s a few volunteers at work.
Follow the yellow brick road!
Curb Appeal:
In 2010 the owners asked me to do something to add a little pizzaz. We mutually decided the place to work was the weird little triangle of grass – it was hard to mow in any case . . .
Just after planting:
Seven years later the area has really filled in:
Picnic Paradise
A commercial location where this small square patch of land was just overrun with weeds next to the parking lot for a Take-Out Deli. The billboard says it all – time to say “Goodbye”, weeds!
AFTER: The jungle is tamed and a lovely picnic area now exists for customer use!
Dr. Livingstone I presume?
BEFORE: Weeds out of control! This homeowner needed help getting his front yard under control: Please remove the weeds, but leave the prairie plants and add some color!
