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Please indulge me for a few minutes. I'm landscape dreaming.

We are growing to love our new house, but it has its challenges. A big one is the amount of concrete and asphalt on our property. I'm not really sure why concrete was the material of choice; maybe because it is cheaper than other options? long lasting? There are multiple walkways, the front stoop, the back patio, two sets of stairs, a driveway, and the ponds, which are lined with, and surrounded by, concrete. That's a lot of impermeable surface for people who live on a hill. And don't forget the bowing brick retaining wall that is going to need to be repaired or replaced sometime in the next 5-10 years. Oy!

We have been thinking and dreaming this winter of what we would do with our yard if we were starting from scratch.  There are so many ways to make a landscape more beautiful:

Natural swimming pools






Cobblestone walkways

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Flagstone walkways









Dry streams, rain gardens, downspout alternatives

Steps

                                                                                                     

Natural stone retaining walls












And maybe going down to the driveway, something like this, which would make a great stage/amphitheater ;-)



Stacked stone retaining wall









Natural playgound

Driveways










And one indoor folly: I'm dying to put floor to ceiling bookshelves on either side of the front window in the living room. And a window seat underneath.