Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Summer Projects - "Staycation", 1 by rcn48

rcn48 wrote:
For the second year in a row we haven't been able to take our "real" vacation to Michigan, so decided if we had to stay home we may as well as spend some time playing in the gardens, hence our "Staycation" aka "Gardening Vacation" :) Rick had been working on the new woodland garden which he started last year (more info and pics on that later). This is an area which is just below the woodland garden and has been a real eyesore for the past couple of years. We had planted trees and shrubs here over the past 5 years and they're finally providing enough shade and it's time to plant! Roughed out some paths which will be a continuation of those created in the woodland garden and made our selection of plants for this area. Here's the before picture...