Hello, friends! Today, I would like to share a special project with you, it’s called…
A N N I V E R S A R Y * I S L A N D
So, last Wednesday my husband and I celebrated our 20 year wedding anniversary. We wanted to do something special, so we decided to create a landscape island, a place for us to pick out some pretty shrubs and trees, and watch them grow and bloom, just as our relationship does each year.
Let me start from the beginning…
We started clearing our land to make room for a trampoline for the kids. We had farm grass that we needed to scrape and have plans to hydroseed soon.
After clearing the land, we had piles of dirt. Hmm, what to do with all that dirt? Well, we decided to berm it up to make a landscape island, especially for our anniversary. We went to the nursery and got plants and shrubs, and good soil, and went to town creating our vision, even the kids chipped in to help.
Are you starting to see our vision? Please excuse the mess, landscaping is a messy, messy job!
See, the picture below? Well, the builder did a french drain around our entire property using rocks. DON’T EVER DO THAT….it’s a maintenance nightmare, trust me. It’s hard to mow, edge, and weeds begin to grow through, it’s horrible. So….we removed all the rock, initially, by hand. We hired three guys, in addition to the two of us, and barely made a dent. Our final solution, an excavator. What did we do with all that rock? We created a rock design on our island, and I LOVE IT!!
Doesn’t it look pretty?
I’m in love…
Keeping things minimalistic for now, who wants to be a water slave all summer to the plants?
I will never forget all the labor that went into removing those rocks, lol!
The Arborvitae’s give it a little Tuscan feel.
We loved the island so much, we created another one. Here are the beginning stages.
So many projects, so little time! Our patio went in today, so excited about that! I’ll share more on that soon!
Hope y’all are having a fabulous week!