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What would you replace this with?

What would you plant here? House is north facing in zone 8a. Please help. My ideas keep coming back to black mulch and azaleas.

The wife and I have been trying to figure out what to do with this area. It's a hillside leading to the garage and driveway. We decided on a wildflower garden which I think would be wonderful for the bees and butterflies in the area since a lot of the properties outside of our 10 acres are turning into suburban plots. After laying down these stones as a border she now thinks a wildflower area this close to the house is a bad idea. I'm tired of fighting the mower and weed eater through here with a bad shoulder. What would any of you suggest? Any ideas?

Can someone please give me ideas (AI?) for gardening in this area somehow? Preferably raised but I'm interested in seeing either.

I'd love to upgrade this area, but I don't know what to do with it. It's about 13.5ft by 9.5ft with morning sun and mostly shaded after mid afternoon. It's wedged between a second floor deck and the retaining wall. I thought about putting down thin pavers or tile, but the door threshold is already almost flush with the concrete pad. I know there are some smart, creative people who can help, because I'm stumped.

Are these just not shaped great? I know they’re not really meant for the front landscaping beds - I bought hydrangeas to layer in front of them but I’m wondering if that’s a bad idea because they’ll be too big? HELP. Should I just take them out completely??

I’m a Landscape Design student switching careers and this has been such a warm group of people. I have 20 years experience in maintenance and currently work at a steel plant, and lemme tell you, the character of people is so much better here. Everyone seems genuinely happy deep down.

I took 6th place in 3D Exterior Landscape Design and loved it (except the time clock!!). I just got my Vectorworks license two weeks ago and I’m getting my cert. I’m a few months and ultimately my degree in the next year or two. I’m super excited about the transition!

Anyhow, just thought I’d share something happy. Cheers!

Hi everyone

Open any suggestions - we would like this to be a fairly low maintenance garden with a calm and pretty cube. At the moment it feels like a lot of green without any cohesion, and some of the plants are a bit too large for the space while others are too small.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Even considering maybe a birdbath here or something else besides plants too soft soften it up.

Thank you all in advance

I've been planning on setting up a wall around these two areas. I have looked online on how to do it, but the videos always seem like overkill for what I want to do. Unfortunately, I don't have many near me who have knowledge or experience about this stuff, so I hoped some of you could help me out.

Around both areas, I want to set up a two, maybe 3, tall stone wall (using the typical retaining wall blocks). The first picture will have the wall enclosing a garden area while the second picture will have the wall enclosing a rock garden. For both, the soil/rocks should not really go above the second stone.

My question is, what is the simplest way of doing this? I have seen videos that essentially showed setting up a rock base over a waterproof tarp, but then had a huge drainage pipe behind the wall that fed far into the yard. I know drainage is important, but is it necessary for his type of setup? Is there a way to do this without having a drainage pipe?

Trying to get my front yard together I’m trying to fill grass and cut these beds to fit the space a bit better but I have no idea how to shape this bed. I’d like to make it easier to cut, but I also want to give it some room and make it flow better than this straight L. Also, can you tell my wife is over this lol

Any suggestions on getting a softer shape of the bed would be great. I’m trying to use the hose to block out stuff.

I want to install a feature at my home. What are some ideas on good or bad for having each type? Are there other types that I should consider?

At this point I’m begging for help because I can’t figure this problem out anywhere I look. In the picture I’ve extended out my edge line between my bed and yard, underneath the pine straw is landscape tarp. Basically I extended it because I didn’t like the grass trying to grow into flower bed, and there doesn’t exist an edge blade thick enough to just maintenance edge this thing with my weekly cuts. A standard edger, how it was before, left too weak of a line, so I decided to edge and retrench back a little. My question is what is the best way to maintain this new edge line so it maintains its integrity (doesn’t sink back into itself from the yard side and stays nice and vertical), and secondly doesn’t get over taken by weeds in the trench part? Sincerely appreciate any help/advice

Anyone know what I can put to clean up the areas? (See both photos.)

We just bought this property and there are two areas of concern:

1. Separation between my driveway and neighbor’s driveway rolls all mulch and rocks down into their property.

2. The area in the front of the house has same issue, rolling into a ditch.

Both areas covered in dead pine needles. Looks a mess.

Doing a garden design for family, its my first ever. On the left is the house. Top left is the AC units and water hose. Bottom left is just tiles with a bench for morning sun, and accessable to clean the windows. Top center is a dining area with symmetrical greenery on either side. This is also north and will have the most sun. Below that is grass with stepping tiles. Below that is an elevated area for greenery with a corner bench on the wall. On the right is just tiles bc they have to move their motorcycles there. Bottom left is a shed for storage and motorcycles. Top right is also shed but without the front and is the passageway to the rear gate.

The bottom strip will also be used for shade proof greenery climbing the wall, and two darker squares on the right are trash disposals. Total dimensions are 12x6.5m.

Colours are gonna be sage green, beige/taupe with terracotta details. Most greenery will have white flowers only. They like a sleek/cozy style and somewhat luxurious. Not big on organic layouts.

So, my main concern is if it will be too much and cluttered and that I should do less. How can I make it feel more "natural" and calm? Or maybe I can utilize the space better to have more space for greenery, without sacrificing practical use of space, a sunny dining area and the space needed to move the motorcycles in/out the sheds.

Thanks in advance :)