This summer my wife and I are planning a back yard renovation project. We've been in our home about 3 years, and we've decided we need to put in a lawn sprinkler system. In light of that, we want to get our landscape plan fairly established.
Our front yard is pretty much in place, but the back yard is a big project. Essentially what we want to do is convert about a third of our back yard into a large garden area for ornamental plants.
We're think that this summer we'd have the sprinkler put in to accomodate this, we'd put in metal edging to define the bed line, and then we'd mulch the area heavily. Then after that we'd start incorporating plants bit-by-bit.
We want to come up with a good plan so we don't wind up with something that doesn't look right when we're done. Even at this early stage we're concerned about making a big mistake.
I've put up a web page with a few (small) digital photos and a diagram of what we're planning. If people would take a look and either post comments here or email me, I'd be grateful.
My page is up at
Tony