Some of the additions that I have done at my end are planting small shrubs of various colored flowers that produce flowers almost throughout the year between the blocks and the lawn. Secondly I have planted some vegetable plants that yield some tasty chilies and lemons for my personal use.

In reply to Bree.

Oh yes, just click over to our Projects page – it’s in the exterior section!

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In reply to Kim T..

With only a few weeks left until our backyard wedding, we decided to hire out that patio work to avoid the stress and allow ourselves to put the finishing touches on the wedding tasks that we had to complete. We just got a bunch of estimates and went with the people who we thought were best for the job! Three years later we’re still loving what they did for us (we went with cobblestone-like pavers and spent a few thousand dollars for the whole shebang)!

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In reply to Maria.

It’s really about the look you like (does one appeal more than the other?). Mulch is also lower maintenance for weeding (we found that our rock beds still had to be weeded a lot more than our mulch ones) but it does have to be laid each season. Although rocks do have to be refreshed every once in a while because they have a strange habit of mysteriously thinning out over time. It’s all about which look you like better. Both can work!

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I love looking at your website for ideas.

I started to tackle our front garden bed this weekend. We’ve had our house for 2 years and all we had was grass. I got the plants in and now I’m trying to decide between regular mulch or rock. I thought I was all decided on mulch but then we’ve had several people tell us rock was better because you only have to lay it once, whereas mulch loses it color before the season is over and you have to lay it down every year. I know both have their pros and cons, how do I decide?

Thanks for any help you can give me.