The customer wanted a more beautiful and dynamic transition from the front porch to the back yard. We removed some plants, more clearly defined the edges of the beds with river rock (also eliminating and guiding some standing water issues), placed some boulders for a more varied scene, and installed outdoor lighting to highlight specimen trees and the new walkway.
Before we started, the space was not much more than a flat patch of dirt with a few random plants, old bark, outdated scalloped borders, and exposed septic lids. Prior to the landscape transformation, we also installed a drain box and pipe in order to mitigate water pooling up at the edge of the driveway and re-route it into the sheep pasture.
BEFORE
BEFORE
Excavated from driveway and along front patio out to pasture, installed catch basin and drain pipe, backfilled with removed material, hauled off excess dirt.
Removed some unwanted plants, used excess old bark and hauled in top soil for plant bed mounds. Painted lines of where river rock and pathway would be placed for customer confirmation.
Hauled in and installed river rock to border house, pathway and beds as well as route any unwanted ground water away from the house and pathway. Hauled in top soil to create mounds for the plated beds. Installed plants to be finished with medium bark.
Installed lighting wire hidden underneath the soil and river rock, installed photocell transformer to turn on lights when the sun sets, installed path lights for the walkway and up lights for the trees.
Graded pathway, installed 1/4" minus gravel as base layer and for gap between pavers, installed an leveled stepping stones for the pathway.
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