AboutMarc Chapelle, ASLA Expertise As a licensed Landscape Architect, I can answer general questions about style and design, ideas and suggestions for site amenities, larger site-planning issues, or recreation and park design.
IF YOU JUST WANT A PLANT SUGGESTION GO HERE: http://www.growit.com/PlantInfo/LandScape.htm
I prefer you ask somebody else why your petunias are not as perky as they should be...I'd LOVE to tell you how can use those petunias to increase your home's value!
Experience Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ALSA.org); Past clients have been mostly contractors, developers and local civil engineering/architecture firms, plus the occasional homeowner. Currently, I design recreational facilities for the National Park Service (DOI).
I am located in the dry Great Basin area (Greater Nevada/Utah), so the use of landscape materials OTHER than plants is emphasized. As a licensed Landscape Architect on the East and West Coasts, I have been in practice over 20 years.
Organizations ASLA (ASLA.org)
Education/Credentials BSLA in Landscape Architecture, 1989
Many additional seminars, educational venues, and classes (both taught & attended)
Awards and Honors Best Multifamily project, 1993
Best Model Home Landscaping, 1993
Question I used to have a pretty good looking back yard (grass only) until we got a dog. Soon most of the grass died off leaving only tufts of grass here and there. It is probably useless to plant new grass as the same fate awaits. Do you have any ideas as to what to put down that can be walked on by people, isn't ugly to look at, but won't be turned into a muddy mess by the dog. It doesn't dig, just poops and pees. Thank you.
Answer Hello, Jeff -
Any kind of inert material can be used; bark mulch with shrubs, pea gravel, or my favorite, Decomposed Granite (DG). It is sometimes called "crusher fines" in other parts of the US.
I'm a visual person, so I've given you some image links for ideas.
Pavers are not that expensive, and they run about $8.50 - $9.50/ sq. ft, depending on style and availability. You have to take into account that the price INCLUDES the savings/benefit that you don't have to mow, water, fertilize, or replace the lawn ever again!
Hope it gave you a few ideas. Right now, getting rid of a home's lawn is trendy, so you can be the first on your block to take the plunge!
