Backyard Landscaping ideas?

Question

We recently purchased a house, and the backyard needs ALOT of work. It's pretty barren w/ a few straggly pine trees coming up.

I have an idea of what I want, but just need photos of similar setups to help me out since I'm new to this kind of thing.

What I want is for sod from the house to the edge where there would be maybe tropical looking plants along the fence. I'd like it to be symmetrical and hmm.. yeah. That's about all I have heh. The image in my head is nice, I just need info on how to make it a reality. Plant lists, etc etc. So yeah, any help would be wonderful!

Answer 1

Contact a a landscape designer as to the cost of redesigning your yard, or, just the cost of creating the design.

Take pictures of your house, yard and driveway and include them in a binder with your written thoughts on the needs of yourself and your family for the yard.

Answer 2

Try this search with images....I'll bet you'll be drooling!

http://images.google.com/images?q=landsc...