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Rachel's Garden

Rachel's Garden Before

Rachel's Garden Before

Another unhappy lawn in front of a lovely home. But there's an oasis coming!

Rachel's Garden

Rachel's Garden

First, we prepared the soil by cutting out the edges in preparation for the cardboard mulch.

Rachel's Garden

Rachel's Garden

After laying the cardboard mulch to suppress the grass we covered it with arborist-produced wood chips.

Rachel's Garden

Rachel's Garden

Sheet mulching completed! Now the ground will sit and regenerate before new plantings are introduced.

Rachel's Garden After

Rachel's Garden After

Here it is about one year later with thriving 1yo plantings and rich, diverse soil communities.

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