The Beginning

Problem: No access to the backyard through the house, only access is through the garage or around sideyards. There is a grass alley that gives us vehicle access to the backyard. Virtually no existing landscaping. No plants. No style, no care, no nothing. Nothing has ever been done here.

There are two flowering plums in the front yard (on every lot on the street almost), the lawn is shot, the sideyard has a cyclone fence on one side, and on the other is a broken down fence. The backyard is often 2' high pasture grass. Not really a lawn though it can be tamed with a mower.