Best of the GPOD: Before and After

Making beauty out of nothing

Welovea adept before - and - after on the GPOD . get to see what a gardener come out with really depict the oeuvre , talent , and time that goes into make every garden we have on the GPOD . So today we ’re going to share some of ourfavorite glow - ups .

Here ’s the “ before ” of Amy Kirschbaum ’s San Diego garden — a lot of walls , a pile of stone , not a lot of garden .

And here ’s the “ after . ” Pretty magical ! There are more shots of the full garden here : Courtyard Makeover .

Kim Herman ’s home in Williams Lake , British Columbia , pop out with a basic lawn and a lot of overgrown tree and weedy bush .

And now it is take to the brim with unbelievable flowers like thesetulips . See more : Before and After in British Columbia .

Larry Rogers was faced with a boring backyard when he affect into his Oregon home . It was dotted with a few random shrubs , and the groundslopedthe wrong way , so the water was getting into the front crawl outer space and turning the backyard into a muggy bog half the year .

The “ after ” shot here is hardly recognizable . drain problems were doctor , and the drilling one thousand has become a outstanding garden . Check it out here : Before and After in Oregon .

It took year of hard work and a lot of run and error for Shelley Haefner to transform this boring space . . .

. . . into this flower - meet dream garden . See more here : Before and After in Shelley ’s Garden .

Maxine Mitchell start with this dull picayune moment of ground next to a fence in her garden in Edmonds , Washington .

But she didnotleave it that way ! Now it is dead awing , with lots of details to enjoy . And be certain to dawn through to the original Charles William Post here and the many great photo of this garden : Maxine ’s striking Before and After in Washington .

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