Landscaping: Before and After

Since we moved into our house 1 year ago (whew, that sounds weird), Joel has been DYING to have our yard landscaped.  Everyone knows Joel had a lawn care business from the age of 13 until he was 23. That's right, he had a summer job before he even drove...haha.  He is obsessed with our yard... I am actually jealous.

Anyways, we had landscaping that the builder put in for us.  It was just fine with me, but Joel has always wanted "good" plants. So I finally caved in and we hired Nic Meeks (shout out to Kelly!!) He and Kelly are our neighbors, and he has a Landscaping business of his own.  Below are pictures of how Nic worked his magic on our yard.  I am SOOOOO glad we did it. I honestly never had a problem with our yard before, but now I wonder how I even looked at it...it was so "blah."

I know this is going to be a long post of pictures, but I must show y'all!

Before:

After:

And I made these two planters for out front: