Landscaping Part one

Take a deep breath.  That’s what I’m telling myself as we have made a major decision to completely relandscape around our home. We have been here almost 40 years now and have loved the location. It’s a great place to live on a quiet street. Because our house is brick it has been easy to care for. We have changed some things around the house since the addition by adding a courtyard and bank landscaping. We also added a picket fence garden area around the side. But we’ve never done too much to the front over the years.
     In the spirit of “one thing leads to another” we thought about having professional landscapers come in and help us with a problem we’ve had out back on our bank. There was water in one spot that we couldn’t deal with. Then we  decided that why not completely redo the front of the house too and bring it up to date with new landscaping. After contacting Tom O’Brien we made a plan and today the landscapers are here.
  Yes, the rhodies are beautiful this time of year, but so overgrown.
    Now they are gone except for one I’m keeping in the front which will be trimmed back.
All of a sudden you can see more of the front of the house and the lovely stonework.



The large bushes near the house on the side have been taken out leaving a large space and opening it up. I’m lovin’ it already.