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Last March and April,
Local 12, Homeworx, and Natorp Landscape had a contest to give away a
$10,000 landscape makeover. The winner was the Sherritt Residence in
Montgomery. Well, the
project has been completed for about 2 months now, so I thought you might
like to see how it turned out.
Here’s the new
landscape…quite a difference from the way it looked with the lack of
plantings and just a small landscape bed cut across the front of the home,
wouldn’t you say? Now some of the interesting things done to help make this
new landscape work…
-Included adding this
retaining wall where the grade of the yard fell away from the foundation.
So not only did this wall bring the level back up, it was also tied in to
the rest of the landscape, which also added a little height, some depth, and
the look of stone across the front of the home.
-On the other end of the
home, we added ledge rocks for steppers, to allow an easier walking access
to the Sherritts back yard, and again to help soften the drop in grade.
-To help add more depth
to the home, the beds are deep and curving out into the lawn, jumping across
the sidewalk and extending along the drive, again to add depth and to help
create an entrance area walking to the front door.
-We also created a
landscape bed around this large maple in front, which again adds depth to
the landscape, and helps to tie in the tree with the rest of the plantings.
Below the tree, we have planted with hostas and liriope to serve as a ground
cover and you’ll notice that the liriope is repeated in the foundation
planting as well, which again, helps to tie the landscape beds together.
-The plants used are low
maintenance plants, including oak leaf hydrangeas, boxwood, serviceberry,
liriope, sedum, and easy to care for carpet roses, to add some summer color.
-Areas were prepared for
annual plantings for summer colors, and these petunias are definitely giving
a show, and the 2 color pots by the front door add the colored icing on the
cake, and help to invite you up the walk and to the front door.
The new landscaping certainly added value to this home, and the curb
appeal…well, I think it’s the best looking landscape on the street! If
you’d like to see more of this project, from beginning to end, visit our
website at
www.wkrc.com . |
