Wedding Prep 101

Earlier this year we received a phone call about some "minor" yard work for a wedding.  It seemed like an easy enough task and I went over there with a light bag.  We met with the ever calm, Sandy, (a dream customer I'll have you know) who let us in on a few extra tasks.  It turns out her son was having a large wedding the following year and decided to have his reception at his Mothers house.  Of course, she found this out after everyone else was notified.  Unfortunately, she was planning on selling her very large home the next year. The sale was going to have to be postponed.  She called us perplexed at what she could do to house over a hundred people in her rather lopsided backyard with a deteriorating staircase.  She mostly wanted to keep what was salvageable and improve the rest.  She was interested in a simple water feature and flowers in warm tones. This is what we came up with.  I should mention that my boyfriend installed the patio and also designed and installed the staircase.  His company link is here if you live in the Vancouver area.

A bit of an uninspiring space  (just taking my notes).

Some slope issues and we had to use the existing aggregate concrete

The deteriorating Staircase

Existing Plants that weren't getting much love

Getting the groundwork done.

The completed bluestone patio with a narrow low maintenance bed. 

Boulder water feature with a protected fence for the dog. 

Cleaned out the old shrub border from along the fence.

A veggie box built in to the patio as a customer request. 

A cleaned up version of the deteriorating staircase.