Landscaping Before & After: The Assessment

Landscaping Before & After: The assessment

This is our house as we bought it, just before our landscaping crew showed up.  What we didn't like: the entire house was surrounded by holly bushes.  The sidewalk led straight from the mailbox at the street, through this "interesting" octagon thingy in the middle of the front yard, to the front door.  There was no sidewalk leading from the driveway to the front door. Also, there was the lovely scalloped brick border going around the existing flower beds.

Front Before

Front Before

Before: the mailbox area

Before: holly bushes all around

Before: this broken trellis hid the HVAC (the HVAC was prettier than the trellis)

And moving on to the back yard...the holly bushes and brick scallops continue. Also, there was more trellis leading from the driveway to the back patio and deck, a fish pond where the fish were seldom seen, a ginormous bush in the back hiding the view of the golf course, and lots of big, dying cedar trees.

Before: Trellis and pea gravel leading to the back patio.

Before: more trellis

Before: Trellis view from the sunroom

Before: holly in the back, and the fish pond

Before: holly holly holly (and monkey grass)

Before: side yard...more holly and some hydrangeas (which we kept)

Before: dying cedar and monkey grass around the cart house

Before: meh

 Before: Cart house monkey grass

Before: the big bush in the back yard

Before: oddly spaced crepe myrtles