below picture:  before pix - yard had to be cleaned, grubbing,  leveled & prepared yard for new sod lawn & blockwall ------------------------------ Flowering shrubs planted in a Natural setting Arbor supporting Rose Garden slate walkway with steps as you walk through the herb garden. pictured below: before picture of homeowners hillside along roadside covered in grass and weeds pictured below: After picture now maintenance free alpining rockery with trees and bark pictured below is the completion of the homeowners newly planted & barked hillside. Gives that clean look with drain rock in the ditch and gravel along road.  This area was first covered with filter fabric weed control for easy maintenance. Picture below: perennial lavatera adds summer and fall blooming color, this flower resembles a single hollyhock. colors are in the pinks or white shades. fast and a conversation piece. flowers are 2" wide and will bloom summer to frost. can reach to 5' but cut back in the spring if needed, not the fall or winter. below: Give your new blockwalls a colorful look. blooming groundcovers, low growing shrubs and perennial with annual color. picture below: asst ornamental grasses. Mass plantings added to entrance of driveway of evergreens, flowering shrubs & lowing growing grasses surrounded by sod lawn & river rock pictured below: before & after frontyard and before & after backyard. Small area needed a Look @ local bank in West Bremerton, added bark, a pine tree, with dry creek bed, large boulders and grasses. pictured below: before picture of 2 tier side yard pictured below: completion of 2 tier sideyard-bark, lawn & rock alpining  pictured below: add a trellis for screening or dividing, makes a great conversation piece. simple grape trellis ----------------------------------------------------------- so........let's get dirty!	picture below: After pix:  new sod lawn & blockwall installed are completed along beach ------------------------- pictures below show blackberries,  tall grass, weeds, sticks & dirt, busy homeowner unable to get in the front yard including the front door. Dansons to the rescue. before pictures above & below completion of the yard! grubbing, scraping, weed fabric control and clean up gives this home a New look. Adding bark, walkways, borders & gravel beds. after pictures of newly landscape yard Below is the nandina domestica heavenly bamboo:  sun or shade and color of foliage depends on sun.  not like the real bamboo that over takes, this is slow growing and several types of foliage color-greens, reds, purples & oranges.  evergreen to semi deciduouis  shrubs. dwarf: low to 2', compacta to 4'.  Picture below: add daylilies through out your yard along with lavender blue perennials to add all summer to fall color. Picture below-before & after: hillside covered in ugly weeds & blackberries-not attractive from deck. Added 2 blockwalls, plants and bark.  What a difference! Mass plantings of Perennials & Annuals for summer color acid loving blue hydrangea stone retaining wall in garden for more planting room existing landscaping in backyard except wooded area above wall needed attraction.  Added Evergreens, flowering shrubs & grasses for year around look. pictured below: before landscaping starts of sloped backyard. pictured below: lawn added, rock retaining wall, paver patio under deck for easy access & rock alpining on hillside with bark. completion of sloped backyard. pictured below: different angle of backyard prior to starting. pictured below: completion of backyard-lawn, retaining rockwall, patio & bark. pictured below: before picture of side yard pictured below: completion of side front entrance.