The owners of this lot wanted to do something with this unsightly parking area that they no longer needed for parking and storage.
Starting the transformation
We replaced pockets of the parking lot gravel with loam and began planting tall grasses and perennials to make sweeps of "natural gardens."
Grass beds in grass
We sowed lawn grass between the beds we created.
First year
After the first full year, the grasses and perennials were robust and expanding to fill the beds.
Grasses shine in the autumn
Most of the ornamental grasses that do well on the coast of Maine are at their most lovely at the end of the growing season as their drying seed heads shine in the sun.
