Our landscape needs some remodeling. Our needs have changed. We want to replace some child-oriented features with facilities for entertaining our friends and grown family. Some of our shrubs are overgrown.
Changes in lifestyle often suggest related changes in our living spaces, whether indoors or out. Other causes of landscape changes include overgrown or outdated plants and crowded plants, as well as added features which accommodate lifestyle changes.
Before making additions, take a careful inventory of your existing landscape. It sounds like you would like to eliminate things like playground areas. Also consider changes such as lawn areas that are thin because of large shade trees. Perhaps more shade-tolerant ground covers would fit your needs better.
Do you have a sloping area that may require retaining walls? Does water accumulate in areas that need drainage?
