Friday, October 3, 2008

Now you see it...Now you don't

We have new backyard neighbors. We've met them, they're very nice. They moved in at the end of August and promptly put up a shed. Unfortunately, they put it up in a spot that turned it into a focal point in our backyard. So, we called our landscape buddies and they gave us something much more pleasant to look at.


Now you see it...
Now you don't!
The process:
Bayview, the landscape company, cleared away ground cover etc and dug holes.
The "trees" are photinia - really a shrub but they've been trained to tree form.
Getting them off the truck.
Lining them up to get an idea. Things look better already!
The holes, in a triangle pattern (you can only see two here).
And voila! The shed is gone.
Family response:
Greg hasn't seen it yet but he is going to be sooooo happy!
I think it looks great.
Evan thinks it looks like we put up three trees to hide a shed. And wonders if the neighbors will be offended.
Claire says it looks OK but her friend Megan says it looks great!
The roses were cut back. We'll see how they do. Bayview friend says the leaves are high enough that the roses should get enough sun. But if they don't, we'll try something else there to fill in the bare"ness" of the trunks. And we'll put in new ground cover as well, just another day. And *I* can do that. :-)

2 comments:

Sandy said...

Beware of taking pictures of illegals. They will come back in the night.

The Wells said...

Beautiful! I needs some tree/bushes in my front yard to change the view out my window.