garden transformation: {before}

We have began to transform the garden for the wedding.  Here is the "before" photo.  Georgia is my fabulous wedding planner & helping with the garden transformation.  Last week, we went to Sunburst Rock in Baldwin Park and chose some decomposed granite (DG) for the seating area for the wedding.  After the wedding, it will become Patty's dog run.  Georgia also had her handy man, Mario come over.  He painted the laundry room, cleared out the backyard, trimmed the trees and laid the DG on the seating area/dog run.  We ordered 7 square yards and there was a HUGE pile left over.  Thankfully, our neighbors took the rest of it and made some nice paths.  Now, the next step is choosing the plants for the backyard...