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The door stood there for a year before the fencing was added on either side. A fall clematis was added to create further mystery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/50aedb80-aafa-4fce-b57e-3df4d7dd3789/Secret+garden+3.png Inpiration After removing the grass in the center of the space, we used it to make a mound in the middle for a future garden bed, covered by cardboard to kill the grass and feed the soil over winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/9939b66d-2057-42eb-b1c3-709917951757/Secret+garden+1.png Inpiration There's the mounded bed, ringed with landscaping rocks found on FB Marketplace (free!). Pathway ready for gravel, thanks to my son's sweat equity, making a level dirt base! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/b780d153-c6b0-4280-aea6-8daad6179e62/secret+garden+obelisk.png Inpiration The mound was created to be a focal point that would draw (invited) guests in, and when covered with plants, would also hide the reading nook at the other end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/7e5b118a-db0a-46c1-8962-2ee0d43fa16a/Secret+garden+4.png Inpiration AFTER: A "secret" space planted in shades of green, blue, purple, and white, with gravel pathways, and a Moonflower-planted tower in the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/44c40bad-395d-406c-a3b4-0039550238f7/backyardbefore.png Inpiration BEFORE: A blank, patchy grass yard (excuse the typo--I was excited!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/0017b05e-99e9-4c03-9941-60c6e0c6f50f/back+garden+2.png Inpiration DURING: removing grass the lazy way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/006a030b-b29d-460e-9b01-e7c0aef78994/Back+garden+1.png Inpiration AFTER: A productive and beautiful garden, that requires less weekly maintence than the grassy yard! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6923856c793682070982e7e5/59b4edd8-c030-4a02-ae8d-e9ea3d1aee54/hugelkulture.png Inpiration Filling raised beds can be expensive, especially if they're very deep, unless you use a method called Hugelkultur. 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