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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could take pictures and go to Merrifield Garden Center and they will talk with you. It could be a starting point.

You can also post pics online at the Gardenweb or similar, and people offer helpful suggestions.

Both are free! Good luck. [/quote]

Thank you! I’ll check out Gardenweb. To PPs calling me cheap, that’s fine and I can see why you landscape designers would be angry or defensive. But I’m just not ready to commit to a full overhaul just yet. We did do some work inside the house and perhaps that process was what made me more apprehensive about the outdoor stuff. I wish we had waited on some interior changes so we could see how the house worked for us first. And we paid $500 for a bathroom reno design we hated and didn’t end up using. Both are the kinds of mistakes I don’t want to make with the landscaping, so I want to take my time, see what plants come up in the next few months, and talk to lots of people and think everything over before committing to full design work with drawings, etc. I’m happy to pay professionals for their work, and I do, but I’m not ready to green light the landscaping yet. [/quote]

OP, we were in a very similar situation to you several years ago.  New homeowners, knew nothing about gardening but had an abundance of plants (previous homeowner was a pro gardener) and just needed some ideas to start.  We PAID for someone to come out for an hour and answer our questions.  No real plan involved (maybe a pen sketch), but he told us what all the plants were, how to care for them, and suggested some things we could change down the road.  You don't have to spend a lot of money, or commit to any sort of landscape plan, but [b]you do need to compensate professionals for their time[/b]. (I think we paid $100 for the hour?) [/quote]

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