The first thing we did was to put in the black plastic edging around the bed portion that is outside of the fence. The edging continues from the front of the house, along the side, and to this bed.
Next we put in pavers along the back side of the bed (inside of the fence). We plan on using these in some of the beds along the back of the fence. We also laid flagstone stepping stones through the gate that match the ones in the rock bed along the screen porch (they aren't "permanently" placed or leveled in this picture, but this is where we placed each one).
And then finally we put in plants and mulch.
(Sorry for the poor picture quality - the sun was super harsh when I was taking these.)
We also put in some screening trees in the backyard where we plan on making beds in the spring. All the plants in the corner bed were bought at Lowe's for 50% off when they were clearing out their plants to make room for Christmas trees. We plan on putting a cluster of small deciduous trees (like redbuds or crape myrtles) in the corner, a small magnolia trees, and some large rocks in this bed.
We planted these 5 screening trees directly back from our patio.
This bed will also have a large rock or two and some other smaller plants.
Because we are bringing in the rocks and taking up a portion of the yard with these large beds, we decided to wait until next fall to kill our backyard and reseed. We didn't want to tear up new grass or pay for more than we needed. I can't wait to have real grass instead of weeds and Bermuda (the one yard we border has mostly Bermuda so that's going to be a never-ending fight).
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