We have everything we wanted in this area. It seats 6 people. It’s right off the enclosed deck, so it’s not far from the kitchen – we sometimes have our meals out here. It blocks the view of the cars in the driveway. There is plenty of shade from both the carport and the trees. Believe it or not, there are lots of plants in this area – a dozen kinds of hosta, half a dozen types of ferns, soloman’s seal, cross vine, moss between the stones, ivy on the fence and much more. There’s a water feature (the blue urn in the corner) and even outdoor speakers (which we rarely use – the sound of the birds and the water is usually enough).

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Get yourself a notebook and call it MY GARDEN (or Our Garden, or Chrissy’s Garden or MeeMaw’s Garden or whatever). On page one, write: I would like a garden with _____________. This is page one. Don’t put anything on this page except what you would like in your garden. If next week you think, “I’d really like a little shade and a table and chairs to sit with friends”, then add that to this page. Don’t analyze it, don’t rule it out because of size restraints, just write it down. This isn’t what you can do – this is WHAT YOU WANT. There’s a difference.

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