Updated! Before and After Photos in Glenford, NY

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Many of our clients continue to add to their gardens after the initial design and install. Gardens mature and it’s always fun to go back and see all the progress and change!

In the back garden, the shrubs and the perennial gardens have filled in and matured. Many of the ground covers have naturalized and spread. As have the allium bulbs.

The trees and bushes along the front walk are lush and offer a tapestry of textures year round with variegated boxwoods and other evergreens lining the bluestone path. The Japanese maples and lush ferns give the walkway a calm, encompassing feeling, like you are surrounded by beauty and nature as you approach the home’s entrance.

Below is the initial before and after in 2017!

This dramatic before and after began by redoing the front sidewalk. A wide curved walkway leading to the house makes visitors feel relaxed and welcome.

Using the bluestone from an old, damaged walkway and some imagination, the Victoria Gardens’ crew created a beautiful, functional walkway.

The soft, chartreuse foliage of the Japanese forrest grass, brightens up this shady front garden. And planters with annuals and sweet potato vines add an ornamental flourish to the entry way.

The entire front garden was planted with a selection of evergreen shrubs and small ornamental evergreen trees, Japanese maples, and shade perennials. All of the plants selected are extremely cold hardy to survive the Ulster County winter.

Many foundation plantings can be damaged by snow and icicles at the roof line. To prevent damage, manage drainage away from the house, and as an ornamental detail, Victoria used river stones in the front garden.

To the left of the entrance way, Victoria added a dry stream bed to deal with drainage issues and built up the garden beds, creating a lush planting winding its way down and around to the back yard.

Around the side of the house, an existing stone retaining wall was washed out and not planted. Victoria added soil, created a level grass walkway, and planted both sides of the walkway leading to the back yard.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the before and afters of this garden makeover. Hopefully you’re inspired to make your garden even more enjoyable and more beautiful!

Whether your outdoor space needs a major transformation or a minor adjustment, Victoria Gardens in Rosendale, NY can help.

After almost 30 years designing, installing and maintaining gardens in Ulster, Dutchess and Sullivan counties, Victoria and her crew have seen first-hand what plants thrive in our area.

But more specifically plants that are:

  • road-salt tolerant

  • deer resistant

  • black walnut tolerant

Plants that thrive in:

  • wet areas

  • hot dry spots

  • full sun

  • deep shade

Call Victoria Gardens for:

  • weeding

  • mulching

  • planting

  • garden design

  • an extreme garden make-over!

  • or just some minor tweaking (the next step in your own garden’s evolution)

(845) 658-9007