This two-story ranch house was built on a steep hill posing the challenges of solid retainment and surface drainage control. The existing plants and walkways were overgrown, damaged, and out of scale with the house. The front yard was completely regraded and seeded to provide enough slope and pitch for runoff to drain into the rear yard's existing rain garden swale. A paver walkway wide enough for two was installed followed by a mix of deciduous and evergreen ground covers, perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees. Outcrop stones were chosen to project the home's beige/limestone facade tones out into the surrounding landscape.