Design Gallery » Large Country Gardens

HI Ann, Thank you for coming yesterday. The highlights for me were the pictures and the challenges that you faced and how you came up with solutions to the problems. I liked your entrepreneurial approach to renting homes with reduced rent in exchange for a landscaped garden. It was fun to see the growth of the gardens as time passed.

Our new yard (over 50 plus years old) is now one I do not quite recognize but which I already know will be much easier to maintain and will provide so much more blooming and colorful shrubs in all seasons as it matures. I love that many of the existing plants could be worked into the landscape, something I requested. I now have a sun-protected patio to the southeast, a raised-bed area for growing garden plants and herbs and a rear bank area at the back of the house where the slope is now protected with rocks and good drainage, along with an extensive sprinkler system to keep things watered. Thank you, Ann.