I searched for and found some pictures from 2010, a couple years after the garage was built and the Zen Garden was still in its infancy. At that time I never had any intention of expanding the garden along the east side of the garage. I simply laid a lot of pea stone and planned to use it as an extension of the driveway to park a popup camper we owned at that time. Once I sold the camper after 2012, I slowly started to plant the area and eventually it became two separate gardens - the East Gate Stroll Garden and the Viewing Garden.
Here are the before and after images:
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| Before, 2010 |
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| After, 2021 |
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| Before, 2010 |
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| After, 2021 |
It's crazy to see the transformation. I would like to say I am done with this area, but one just never knows.
