Article: Eight months of weekends. (landscape gardening)

Doing most of the work themselves, the owners turned this garden around dramatically

Eight months separate the before and after pictures you see here. Wasn't this an impossible time frame for a working couple who did most of the work themselves and could dig in only on days off?

Not at all. Careful planning and plant selection geared for quick impact gave this remodel in Inglewood, California, a finished look almost immediately.

October. First came a day with a landscape architect. Though the most costly part of the job, this yielded the greatest benefit: an overall plan for the yard and a list of planting ideas. With a plan in hand, ...

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