Stop the Insanity, Stop Trying to Grow Grass!
After three attempts to grow a lawn in their front garden, my Seaton Village, Toronto clients threw in the towel (trowel?) and called me to create a "no lawn garden." (It's telling how strong the pull is to grow grass in downtown Toronto even if the conditions often make this exercise unlikely to be successful.)
The small front garden faces east so receives only morning direct sunlight that's filtered through a large Japanese maple. Here are some "before" pictures taken from various angles showing the poor condition of the grass:
It was a fairly straight-forward process: dig out the grass and weeds, transplant some new shade tolerant perennials and spread some mulch. And place the rocks somewhere (my clients didn't offer specific locations.)
Here are the "after" pictures, as "another lawn bites the dust", to paraphrase Queen's immortal lyrics:
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| Seaton Village Toronto Front Garden Makeover After |
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| Seaton Village Toronto Front Garden Makeover After |
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| Seaton Village Toronto Front Garden Renovation After |
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| Seaton Village Toronto Front Shade Garden Makeover After |
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| Toronto Front Garden Makeover Seaton Village After |
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| Toronto Front Garden Renovation Seaton Village After |
I asked my clients to buy more shade perennials and plant them in "the sea of black mulch and rock islands". They may or may not do this but at the very least, they'll never need to mow the front anymore.
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