Can someone who has done their own landscaping around their home post some pics?

I thought it was for termites.

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I thought it was for termites.

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kind of

it keeps soil and mulch away from the house. you can put a perforated pipe in there to remove water fast and not let it sit around your foundation

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hire a professional so you don't have to pay for it twice.

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haven't ruled that out yet

We didn’t do it ourselves, but we have rocks (i think the ones we have are river rocks) around the house. I think the width is 18” from the house to the beds with metal edging before the bed begins. I really like the look of it.

You could hire a landscape architect they will draw a plan with a legend what plants etc few hundred bucks

You hire someone or you are a landscape architect? I’m strongly considering hiring someone ahead of spring planting. I need serious help.

If you do it drive to forest hill with a big trailer and buy all of your plants and flowers from Doug Young Nursery. You’ll save a few thousand $. I’ll probably bid out the labor and go buy the plants myself when I do it. I’ve don’t that on 2 previous houses.

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It is a mix of random plants, we tend to have some perennial plants and then add in other stuff during the year.

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This is my current strategy. I’m sick of annuals and switching to a hodge podge of perennials. I like the look or organized chaos vs straight lines and mono plantings.

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Worse thing I did was put too small. Especially boxwood.

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I actually like small and short. I absolutely hate when things cover the front of my house. That is why I am ripping out crepe myrtles and hedges from my new house.