See a Thrifty Homeowner s Wow Garden

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Based on bids from landscapers, Carol Kent saved well over $200K by doing her front and backyard succulent gardens herself!
What Carol has achieved on her quarter-acre residential lot shows what's possible at minimal cost, with a can-do attitude. Carol created a high-style, front-yard succulent tapestry complete with dry creek bed; and a backyard of gorgeous succulents and great stories.
""I love saving money,"" Carol says. ""When I was doing this, I'd check Craigslist several times a day."" Freebies included boulders, pebble topdressing, and decorative accessories. Carol, a former boat captain, gave one of her gardens an undersea theme. Husband Patrick helped with irrigation and electrical installation, and with hauling.
For ideas and techniques, Carol watched YouTube videos​​​​​​​ by San Diego landscaper Laura Eubanks of Design for Serenity. Laura, known for using mounded soil, boulders, swaths of rocks, colorful succulents, and dramatic statement plants, suggested I contact Carol to see ""an absolute DIY dream come true.""
I was there after Carol finished her front yard. ""It took me exactly two months,"" she says. Nearly all the succulents you'll see, she propagated herself, from cuttings.