Our Flower Garden

Mayer's Flower Garden

This spring (2008) Esther 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, 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.

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. It had taken years to get it nice and full and I was working it back a little bit each year. 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.

	Before Once there was lawn and a few flowers
	Construction Some photos as the project progressed
	Early Blooms Early beginnings as things start to grow
	Flowers in Abundance Groups of flowers in the garden
	Flower Gallery Flowers in the garden
	Wildflowers in our Garden Wildflowers we've been able to grow so far
	First Snow Flowers still blooming as we receive our first snow
	What's New - 2009 New Photos of the garden
	Flower List This is a list of the flowers in the garden
	Wildflower Gallery Wildflowers from New Mexico and Colorado