'Sharing the Dirt' on Our Original Zone 6-7 Traditional Landscape Plan

by Rita C. - Panoply

If you're contemplating a major overhaul of your landscape, here's a post that could save you time and money. I'm sharing our plans for our traditional, zone 6-7 plan, and the thought process that went into the 2004 renovation. Watch for an upcoming post of the garden, 10 years later, with lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid in such a project.

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Here's the original rendering for the proposed landscape (zone 6-7). The city lots total 100' x 100', approximately half of which the residence is situated. Goals included tying the 'field' to the house property, adding privacy and curb appeal.

BEFORE: The house, with empty 'field' adjacent to it. Existing landscape was close to house perimeter, and field was open and pretty much a dog park for walkers.

A detailed listing of the proposed 2004 plantings, of which a few were omitted and others added in the final installation.

AFTER: Brick fence hardscape was continued from an existing courtyard on residence lot, and arbor connecting the courtyard to landscape was place near gate. Plantings and new lawn were installed

AFTER: Front lawn, looking right from front porch balcony

AFTER: Front lawn, looking left from front house window. The curved, teardrop opening leads to the main lawn.

AFTER: The main lawn. Metal arbor is visible in bottom of photo, leading from existing courtyard which was tied in to new brick enclosure surrounding the property. High walls terrace down to low, front walls around front of property (as seen in prior photos).

After a 4-month construction of the fencing and new front porch / balcony, the goal of tying the house front to the adjacent 'field'-turned-landscape is accomplished with a more cohesive appearance. More detail in blog link attached.

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Douglas Hunt on Apr 05, 2014
It is so interesting to see your plans and the process you went through in arriving at this great transformation.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 05, 2014
  @Douglas Hunt thank you. I'm sure you can appreciate the unexpected changes that happened along the way when being on that zone 6 edge and later classed as 7. I wish I had the foresight ,or even the gut instinct, to have saved ourselves some of the 'sunk costs' (no pun intended) of some of the failed plantings, but that's been part of the journey.
  
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Tonya on Jun 30, 2015
Wow, what a beautiful home. The new curb appeal is very pleasing and inviting ( in a private kind of way) great job.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Jul 01, 2015
  @Tonya, thank you so much.
  
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