As I go out on remodeling jobs I often get called in after someone takes all the old plants out.Driving around the other day, I again saw some gardens that were in the process of remodeling stripped to the dirt. I hate to see old established gardens turned into new gardens starting from scratch.

Often owners are tired of seeing this overgrown “stuff” in their yard and say “get rid of everything.” The problem is that often there are things that can be “repurposed.” Isn’t that a wonderful word, repurposed.  I learned it watching some of the redecorating shows on Home and Garden Network.

In the garden it means taking overgrown plants and shaping them into interesting multi-trunked trees or accent plants.Often I can find uses for things that the homeowner doesn’t.

When you are looking over your yard, look for things that have an attractive or intresting structure and try to find ways to incorporate them into your new garden.Just a few old established plants can do a lot to give a remodeled garden an established feel.

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