GardensTraditional Landscape, Ottawa

In a small backyard in Ottawa, Ontario, a simple seating area is surrounded by a sea of yellow flowering sedum. Two stained-wood Adirondack chairs are topped with red patterned pillows that add just a dash more color.

Problem SolvingMore than half of homeowners said their landscaping updates will solve problems in their yards, including flooding (41 percent), sun exposure (25 percent) and privacy (23 percent).Many homeowners in drought-stricken regions, like the western U.S., will compensate for a dry winter. In that region 30 percent said they are implementing landscape projects to solve water shortage problems. Maybe that’s why one in four homeowners in the West will completely rip out their current landscape and replace it altogether.

Between concrete stepping stones

I mentioned sedum as ground cover...this is one variety out of many with various colors and textures.

creeping blue sedum and firecracker sedum

Simple, small but do to one color impact

we have 2 beige muskoka chairs for front yard seating area- Great way to incorporate them into a naturalized theme, will they go down onto the front yard crush stone patio? KIM: yes. In the front yard near the tree.