Years ago(2008), my wife decided she would really like to have a flower garden in the front yard.
We took out the grass, made some terrain using unwanted rocks from the back yard, moved a lot of dirt and rock.
We planted lots of seed, bulbs and a couple of trees and then sat back and watched it grow.
These pages will take you through the project and show the results. You can see the beginnings at the bottom of this page.
A couple of factors prompted the decision to make the change. The city had made us cut back our juniper hedge, because it was growing over the edge of the sidewalk. We were forced to cut it back in December. After a couple years it had still not recovered from the trauma and no longer looked very appealing. Our water pressure had dropped over the years and the sprinkler system was no longer reaching the center of the lawn. We wanted to reduce our water consumption. We really like flowers. |
| Flowers - Favorites Some of my favorite photos from the links below |
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| Flowers I've Grown Glossary of all the flower species I've ever grown here |
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| Flowers - 2023 More flowers in abundance |
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| Flowers - 2019 Flowers in abundance |
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| 10 Years Later - 2018 What it looks like after 10 years |
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| What's
New
- 2009 New Photos of the garden |
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| First
Snow Flowers still blooming as we receive our first snow of the year |
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| Flowers
in Abundance Groups of flowers in the garden |
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Early Blooms Early beginnings as things start to grow |
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Some photos as the project progressed |
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| Before
Once there was lawn and a few flowers |
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| Flower
List List of the flowers that have been grown in the garden |
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Wildflower Gallery Wildflowers from New Mexico and Colorado |
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Return to Photo Gallery |
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Flower Gallery Flowers in the garden listed alphabetically (2008) |
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Wildflowers in our Garden Wildflowers we've been able to grow so far |
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