Home Makeover: Landscaping Edition

Earlier, I mentioned a massive landscaping project at my parents' house this summer and now I am finally putting it into the blog log. (There are a ton of pictures so be ye warned.) Here's what happened:

My mom has a friend, Celeste, who works for Tuck Landscape (which is owned by her son-in-law Robbie). My mom mentioned to her that she'd like some trees to create a property line in the backyard and could Celeste help with that? She took the ideas of trees to Robbie and he said essentially, "Nope, we're not just doing trees. We're a landscaping company - we're going to landscape. Here's your budget." Celeste is an amazing person with incredible energy so it took her no time at all to start running with all the possibilities. Our down-the-street neighbor Ben also works for Tuck Landscape and between him and Celeste, they starting planning. And contacting. And soon they had crews donating their time and companies donating their equipment and a huge renovation planned for a single Saturday.

Here are some before pictures:

From the street, including the gravel and boulders dropped off to us the day before the 

Backyard, including the sad little trees along our property line that did not survive

 Backyard looking up the hill

 Along the side of the house

 The front

Then on a Saturday in July, the workers showed up bright and early and the work began! It was the most incredible thing to watch everything get pulled up and replaced so quickly. The crews were amazing!

Some (just some!) of the full-grown trees they brought.

Everyone came to watch and help!

 And the finished product? Absolutely gorgeous! The front:

 Along the side

Brand new privacy fence and pavers

The front corner from the street

 Another angle of the front corner

Another angle along the side

And the backyard from three different angles

In that last pic you can see the pavers they put down to extend the back patio. So, pavers, a privacy fence, flowers, a new sprinkler system to replace the broken one, less grass (so less water needed), and TONS of trees and bushes including two huge pine trees, two small pine trees, a flowering plum (the tall one in the last picture), three oak trees, and three maple trees. Plus they scattered 5 lbs of wildflower seeds over the hill next to our house. Can we please just agree that this is beyond incredible? The yard went from being nice to gorgeous in a single day and all because the people at Tuck Landscape are awesome. We were and are so grateful to everyone who came and created such a beautiful yard for my parents. Thank you thank you thank you!