Organic Landscape Design

Lynne and Ray's garden is the prototypical project for Organic Landscape Design.  The Buland's have been paying a landscaping company to care for blue grass and running a sprinkler system to water it.  We propose to replace the blue grass with garden and convert the sprinkler system to a drip system.  Here is how the property looked on July 22, 2010:

There is a large euonymous around a power pole next to the fire hydrant at the street corner.  The central feature is a large juniper.  We have talked about creating a "forest edge" along this east side of the property.

In the center of the north east quadrant of the property is a huge maple tree that shades the entire area.  In the foreground is a bed of roses.  We are thinking about more forest edge along the street and incorporating the rose bed into a new ornamental border on both sides of the walk way up to the front door.  I think we will add a row of pavers to each side of the walkway to make it wider.

We are considering transplanting a number of volunteer ash trees to this side yard.

Here is the premlinary conceptual layout to convert this property: