{"id":5,"date":"2011-06-08T11:57:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T18:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2011-11-07T17:41:46","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T01:41:46","slug":"creating-the-front-yard-pathpatio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2011\/creating-the-front-yard-pathpatio\/","title":{"rendered":"My Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> My vision and plan for the front yard path, patio and garden has been in development for several years.\u00c2\u00a0 I am motivated by a desire to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">reveal attractive details of our 1939 Southern California home,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">plant drought-tolerant plants that dance in the breeze, attracting birds, butterflies and insects,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">re-purpose reclaimed or rescued materials to do my part keeping useful materials out of our landfills and save myself some money,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">create a unique and beautiful space where I can enjoy the plants, wildlife, shade from large nearby trees and welcome friends and neighbors.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2011\/creating-the-front-yard-pathpatio\/2-mounds\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-263\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-263\" title=\"2 mounds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-mounds-400x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-mounds-400x202.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-mounds-175x88.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2-mounds.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This picture is of our home with the old plantings already removed.\u00c2\u00a0 I used construction paper and coloured pens to visualize and articulate what the new front view of the house could look like with different plants on mounds I would add near the sidewalk.\u00c2\u00a0 A split rail fence is drawn in at the left.<\/p>\n<p>I collected path and patio materials over many months and from various locations:\u00c2\u00a0 brick from a nearby alley where the homeowner had no further use for them for his project, rosy-pink concrete from what appeared to be an illegal dump several miles away, and other material from tear-outs or leftovers from completed jobs.\u00c2\u00a0 Once I had what I thought was a good number of materials to work with I put together a plan on grid paper using photographs of the materials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2011\/creating-the-front-yard-pathpatio\/img_2906\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9\" title=\"Planning the path.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2906-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2906-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2906-175x131.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2906-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/2011\/creating-the-front-yard-pathpatio\/walkway-plan-20110427b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10\" title=\"Walkway Plan 20110427b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Walkway-Plan-20110427b-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Walkway-Plan-20110427b-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Walkway-Plan-20110427b-175x135.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Walkway-Plan-20110427b-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stellarchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Walkway-Plan-20110427b.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My vision and plan for the front yard path, patio and garden has been in development for several years.\u00c2\u00a0 I am motivated by a desire to: reveal attractive details of our 1939 Southern California home, plant drought-tolerant plants that dance in the breeze, 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