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My Landscaping

We have lived in our home since October 1993, and over the years the landscaping has been very much a labor of love. We spent countless hours planting, trimming, and experimenting—sometimes with great success, other times learning through trial and error. The yard grew and changed along with us.

In more recent years, as our mobility has declined, it became harder to keep up with the physical demands of maintaining the landscape. Wanting to preserve what we had built, we decided to hire a local landscaper. His work made a meaningful difference. He carefully shaped the trees and bushes, cleared out weeds that had gradually taken over, and thoughtfully redesigned the entire front and south sides of the house. His improvements not only restored the landscape but gave it new life, making it something we can continue to enjoy and take pride in.

View from driveway going to the front door

A concrete walkway beside a house, bordered by bushes and flowers, leads to another house in the background.
Front yard with stone path, landscaped plants, rocks, and a house in the background under a blue sky.
Front yard garden with flower pots, shrubs, stone walkway, and a white house in the background.
A small landscaped garden with rocks, pebbles, greenery, and concrete steps on the right.
A small garden bed with rocks, pebbles, mulch, and a bush next to a concrete path.
Curved sidewalk with greenery and bushes, next to a pink house at sunset, facing a quiet street.

South side of house

Summer 2024

Narrow garden space between a black fence and a house, filled with green plants and shrubs on a sunny day.
Green shrubs and purple flowers grow beside a beige house, with a lawn, fence, and trees in the background.
Overgrown bushes and wilted flowers beside a house with white siding on a sunny day.

Winter 2025 Flagstone being installed

A stone path with patchy snow beside a wooden fence, shed, and some green plants in a backyard.
Snow-covered yard with scattered stones, bushes, a visible orange cone, and neighboring houses in the background.
A wooden porch with black railing, patio furniture, flowers, and a stone walkway beside a house.

Summer 2025

Rocky garden path with succulents and flowers beside a house, leading to a driveway with a parked car.
Garden with purple and red flowers, lush green plants, and a stone pathway beside a house and wooden fence.
Pathway with rocks, flowers, and shrubs leading up to a white house under a blue sky.
Stone pathway bordered by colorful flowers and green plants beside a house on a sunny day.
Stone path between a wooden fence and house, bordered by lush green plants and colorful flowers.
Stone garden path bordered by flowers and greenery beside a white house, leading to a stone wall and trees.

North Side

Summer 2024, before clean up

A small garden with various flowers and shrubs grows between a driveway and a parked white SUV.
Colorful bushes and flowers grow beside a sidewalk on a sunny day, with a tree and house in the background.
Silver car parked by a house with a garden of white and pink flowers on a sunny day.
Front yard garden with mulch, flowering plants, a tree, green shrubs, a hose, and a parked car.

Back Hill (Green Belt)

Summer 2021 Mountain Laurel oversized. Removed and replaced with Arborvitae

Sunlit green trees and bushes in a backyard garden with blue sky in the background.
Dense green shrubs and trees with red leaves under a clear blue sky in a sunny garden.
Dense green hedge with bright blue sky above, and a metal garden bench in the lower right corner.

In winter 2022, I tried to suppress weeds with hay.

A house on a hill with trees, bushes, and a stone retaining wall in the foreground on a sunny day.
Two houses on a hill behind a row of small trees and overgrown grass, with a stone wall in the foreground.
Sunlit house behind tall evergreens and a grassy stone wall, with a metal gazebo frame in the foreground.

Winter 2024 Hill clean up, Hog Fuel mulch lay down

A backyard with a red deck, green metal chairs, stone retaining walls, and small pine trees on a slope.
Five small evergreen trees lined up in a garden with two houses and cloudy sky in the background.
A backyard with a covered grill, potted plant, stone wall, and rows of evergreen trees.

Front Street View

Summer 2017

A garden with flowering bushes, small plants, and a stone border next to a grassy lawn.
Front yard with bushes, flowers, stone border, and a driveway leading to a green garage door.
Ornamental shrubs and flowers in a landscaped garden bed bordered by rocks, in front of a house.

Summer 2025, before redesign

A sloped front yard with stone walls, shrubs, a rock, and red flags marking spots on dry grass.
A gray house with a sloped driveway and a front yard with dry grass, shrubs, and rock retaining walls.
Steep driveway with cracked pavement, yellow mark, and patchy grass beside a residential street.

Winter 2025, street landscaping is being developed.

Shrubs and rocks border a patch of green groundcover near a wet street and suburban houses on a cloudy day.
Rain falling on a garden with green ground cover, rocks, shrubs, and a small landscape light.
Small shrubs and rocks in a garden bed with wet soil and bushes in the background on a rainy day.

In January 2026, Native Inspired landscaping is under development

A dry creek bed made of rocks and pebbles runs through a landscaped yard with shrubs and mulch.
A sloped garden with rocks, young plants, and mulch, next to a driveway and houses in the background.
A mossy fallen tree trunk lies over a dry, rocky stream bed with assorted stones and pebbles.
A mossy tree stump surrounded by rocks, plants, and sunlight in a yard near a street.
Sunlit garden bed with green leafy plants, rocks, mulch, and a visible black irrigation tube.
Sunlit garden bed with ferns, mulch, rocks, and a large tree branch on the right side.
A dry creek bed with rocks and plants winds through a shady garden beneath leafy trees.
Sunlit garden with large rocks, shrubs, and two leafy trees in front of a house with a gate.
Front yard with rocks, shrubs, mulch, dirt, and a green garage; a finger partially covers the top left corner.
A dirt garden bed with rocks, small plants, wooden stakes, and bushes in front of a house.
A dirt hill with bushes and a garage.
Steep driveway with cracked pavement, shrubs, rocks, soil, and houses in a suburban neighborhood.

Landscaping in the 2015

Narrow garden path bordered by green plants and purple flowers, with a wooden fence and stone wall nearby.
A garden with flowers, greenery, stone steps, and a wooden deck bordered by a stone wall.
Colorful flowers and green shrubs grow beside the white siding of a house on a sunny day.
Sunny garden with colorful flowers, greenery, a wooden fence, and round stepping stones along a narrow path.
A small backyard garden with a stone retaining wall, plants, and a wooden fence in the background.
Purple and yellow flowers blooming in a garden bed beside a wooden plank and some rocks.
Garden with blooming flowers, circular stone path, and wooden fence in the background.
A small garden with a curved stone wall, flowering plants, and a wooden fence in the background.
A garden with stone steps, blooming flowers, green plants, and a stone wall in the background.
A colorful garden with flowering bushes, green plants, and round stones along the soil.
A sunlit bush with pink flowers and a small garden lamp beside a driveway near a quiet street.
Large leafy shrub growing in front of a house, obscuring part of the garage and walkway.
A narrow garden path lined with colorful flowers and green plants beside a house and wooden fence.
Tulips and irises bloom in a garden bed next to a house with siding and leafy green plants.
A narrow garden path lined with green plants and small blue flowers, bordered by a rock wall and wooden fence.

Snow Days, over the years

Snow-covered evergreen trees and shrubs in a wintry landscape with rocks and snowy ground.
Snow-covered suburban houses and trees on a quiet winter day, with snow blanketing rooftops and yards.
Snow-covered houses and trees line a quiet suburban street on a winter day.
Snow-covered suburban houses and trees under a cloudy sky on a winter day.
Pine tree branches covered in thick snow, with more snowy trees in the background.
Snow-covered evergreen tree branches against a cloudy winter sky.
Snow-covered houses and trees in a suburban neighborhood with a person walking on a snowy road.
Snow-covered bushes and houses in a residential neighborhood after a heavy snowfall.
A suburban house and yard covered in snow with trees in the background on a cloudy winter day.
A house porch and bushes covered in snow, with a chair and potted plants on the wooden deck.
Snow-covered suburban houses and trees viewed from a porch on a cloudy winter day.
Snow-covered houses and trees under a cloudy sky, with the sun faintly visible behind the clouds.
Snow-covered suburban houses and tall trees under a cloudy sky with a small patch of blue and the sun peeking through.
Snow-covered suburban houses and cars under a cloudy sky, surrounded by snowy trees and bushes.
A suburban house and driveway covered in fresh snow on a winter day.
A snow-covered porch with a rocking chair and metal chair, overlooking a snowy yard and houses.
A two-story house with a garage and bushes covered in snow on a clear winter day.
A suburban neighborhood is covered in snow, with snowy rooftops, trees, and cloudy skies.
Snow-covered suburban street with trees, houses, and vehicles blanketed in fresh snow on a winter day.
Snow-covered suburban houses and cars on a cloudy winter day, with trees and cloudy sky in the background.
Snow-covered bushes and rooftops in a suburban neighborhood, viewed from a porch with a railing.

Skies from my Porch

Pink and orange sunset sky over a suburban neighborhood with houses, trees, and parked cars.
A faint rainbow arches over a suburban neighborhood with trees and houses under a cloudy sky.
Bright full moon glowing behind silhouetted trees and clouds in a dark blue night sky.
The sun sets behind silhouetted pine trees under a cloudy sky.
A faint rainbow appears over a suburban neighborhood with houses and tall trees under a cloudy sky.
Vibrant pink and orange sunset sky over suburban houses and tall trees.
A moonlit suburban street with trees, houses, and a glowing streetlamp at night.
A quiet suburban street at night, lit by a streetlight, with the moon shining above tall trees.
A full moon glows above trees and houses on a quiet suburban street at night, with a streetlamp shining below.

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