Artificial Turf

[ninnymary]

Leaning again to the artificial grass again. They are willing to raise it another 1/2 inch to make the blades taller and my husband selected another one that has green and brown thatch in it that makes it look more natural.

Went to 2 nurseries that had only cactis and succulents. Not impressed with what I saw.

The landscaper did a drive by and total price for design and installation is between $5,000-$6,000. Do they think I'm crazy or what?

Red, I love that house and those windows.

Mary

 

[baymule]

$5,000 to $6,000?????? If that is what they charge for a small yard, what would they charge for a big yard? That is just nuts.

You could always concrete it all and PAINT it green!

 

[ninnymary]

bay, easily $20,000-$30,000 to do a big backyard.

Mary

 

[baymule]

bay, easily $20,000-$30,000 to do a big backyard.

Mary

Well, when I grow up, I want to be a LANDSCAPER!

 

[seedcorn]

Bay, understand surprised at costs. Big city costs. For $6000 in Indiana, we could put it down for an acre..... Not really Mary but your cost of living sounds much higher there than here in sticks.

 

[ninnymary]

seedcorn, it's supposed to be all relevant. Not sure if it is.

Another landscaper stopped by today. All she had was 2 photos of a yard she had done that was the size of mine. It was pathetic. All it had was some yarrow and a few perennials here and there. I told her that I liked yarrow Ibut didn't like the fact that when you prune it in the fall, there was not going to be anything there for a while. She didn't say anything. I mentioned that I liked archtosis and she had a blank look on her face. Told here the common name was african daisy and she said oh it's a ground cover. Well I wouldn't exactly call it a ground cover. She had no website either where I could see pictures of her work. It's sad when you know more about plants than they do! Be interesting what her estimate comes in at.

Mary

 

[baymule]

It's sad when you know more about plants than they do! Be interesting what her estimate comes in at.

Mary

Why on earth pay some ding-a-ling for something you obviously know much better..... Take the best of the ideas put forth that you like the best, implement them and take a vacation on the money saved!

 

[ninnymary]

bay, we are probably going to do the artificial grass. In five years we are going to be in our mid 60's and I don't think we are going to want to spend our time tending our front lawn. For some reason the front yard has never been a place where I wanted to garden or maintain. It has always been my husband's domain. My joy is in the backyard. My husband will never be a gardener so I want something that is no maintenance for him. I can play decorating and building the patio. My gardening extent is just to put maybe a pot or two there for color.

Mary

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I've just read this thread. Mary: some folks in Saratoga (where we used to live, next to Cupertino. Los Gatos) put some fake grass down. Every single day I drove by it, I admired it. This was in maybe 2004 or so. Love that stuff.

I agree that its such a tiny space, than anything fussy would detract from the home.

 

[Nyboy]

Mary I love the way your house is restored not remodeled. The Victorians loved color and pattern, which they used large number of bedding plants to form . Why not do something like the knot garden in Canes photo, but use coloered gravel instead of bedding plants. I have a walkway of red stone, I have a cheap lealf blower that I use to clean off leaves .