Jann R, Let me add one more thing. I have a shaded backyard that is not gorgeous like yours but you gave me an excellent idea for the boring area. Thank you.
Beautiful! Wonderful use of stone or broken concrete (hard to tell). I love the "grassy" look...I hate close clipped, manicured yards...I love the carpet look manicured yards. We have Zoysia Emerald Green and I do not like for it to get mowed much...it only gets about 4" tall and we mow it with the mower set at the highest setting...I NEVER allow it to be scalped!
that is beautiful...my sister lives in Laurel, MD, I think the plants in that neck of the woods look so much greener than the south (almost ;))...it's really pretty up north during the spring and summer :)
in to keep water from washing out my yard. One idea lead to another and I had a path.