When we moved to this property in November 2005 we both left much larger yards with gardens each of us had been developing for more than a decade. Our biggest challenge designing this smaller yard would be amalgamating two different styles of gardening. Jeff primarily used tropicals and annuals creating a garden that changed every year and I used perennials extensively to create a low maintenance garden I could extend every year. The new yard was like having a brand new sketchbook and a 60 pack of color pencils! A lot of time was spent making diagrams of how we thought the yard would look. Eventually, we took the actual survey of the property and made a proper scale drawing.** By late winter we had a very good idea of what we wanted out of our new yard. A big deck, a stone patio, stone pathways and no grass! The deck would be first and we talked to my Dad about getting the cedar we would need from him and whether he would be available to build it. We tramped out the shape of the proposed deck in the snow covered backyard so he could see what we wanted it to look like. His comment..."that's a big deck!"So, the journey began!
** Later on, a copy of this drawing can be used to map out plantings so, come spring time, late growing perennials or previously planted bulbs don't get accidentally dug up. It will also help keep a record of plants that don't come up again!
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