THE  BACK  YARD


When we bought our Los Altos house in 1992, the back yard included a wood deck, a swimming pool, a hot tub and a lot of concrete. Ten years later, we realized that it all needed to be either repaired or replaced. We decided to take it all out and replace it with stone patios and a garden.

Click on any of the photos below to see how the back yard had changed.

 

Our old back yard This is what things looked like when we bought the house. Click on the photo to see the "before and after" comparison.
Garden 2009 A new garden was planted in the fall of 2009. Here are some pictures of its first year.
Garden in 2011 The winter of 2010-11 was cold and rainy - not fun for people, but the garden loved it! Pictures from the summer of 2011 have also been compiled into a 90-second slide show (opens in a separate browser window or tab).
Dogwood tree The Dogwood Tree has been a highlight of the garden.
Crape Myrtle tree The Crape Myrtle Tree adds lovely summer color.