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Landscape architects Rick & Nancy Lamb discuss their landscaping plans. Rick outlines the drawn proposal and explains the various benefits of the chosen plants.
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" We are standing right here on the front porch right -- house. And out here is the street yes and where we're proposing is that we drawn from the neighborhood. Create hedge enclosed area. Creating a parking place here moving it from where once -- here because the new parking. Well then relate to the activity of getting the kitchen and the whole family space which makes a lot of sense that was kind of sort of bracket this by drawing again for the neighborhood with. Birch trees on both sides you. Bob to -- by drawing from the neighborhood you mean. Using the same types of plant material that you find happened on the streets and we do have beautiful birch is around here we do what are these two here Nancy."

" The -- that you crab apples trees and always a plan isn't moving and changing around. And we feel that we should move them away from the house and put them out by the street -- Captured this part of the garden for the house give you a lovely view from the dining room and -- the changing the color -- the flowers and then -- I'm like yeah I also."

" Like keeping the larger material away from the siting of the -- And this will eventually become. My a service yard dog run or whatever that's right and the great thing about what about the rain today is that we're putting down on the base. For this future terrorists in the back in this rain won't just help to give it -- really solid. Feeling the Seattle be talking about later -- my big request was to be able have a backyard that I didn't have tomorrow that's right just weeks -- let's take a look out here though in the mud. Until everything's being delivered here dumped here crushed stone stone dust. And I see that most of bluestone for the backyard terraces here right now I think."

" What we're really thrilled that it -- lilacs Collor has nice texture. And that we have all of this staging area for this down. To go underneath the it was -- while move it yemenite a lot of planning colored stone it plays well against the color about. Well it does that but that may change in time it's very nice with your foundation is well not me if if the great column."

" Good choice that's what you're Karlinsky party -- what have you done well the landscape that was here -- the material that you and your family decide to keep we ball -- we've removed we put them back and protected it okay this tree that's birch tree that was here is a little small for one that's been here a long time. We found that. We put it in its permanent place moving it from your front you know it was right in the middle of where the proposed parking trails -- in this area but -- right it is healthy we have. Because we found some clay we put it on we've dug extra deep put -- gravel base so it drains well hidden and then have put it in place. The burlap is -- When it -- move yet and that will then be removed and and cut back. Exactly what is otherwise it it can wake up and really damaged -- monetary create a damaging area right around the trunk space."

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