Gardens change over the years. Plants and shrubs can become overgrown. Tastes and styles change.

It all starts with evaluating the space and making decisions based on what you'd like from your garden. Things like curb appeal, lower maintenance, changes to garden bed size, or new plantings.

Sometimes a good weeding job and mulching are all that is needed for an existing garden bed. Or refresh your landscape by replacing or adding new plants and shrubs. Containers of colorful annuals are a great way to add lots of seasonal colors.

I like working as "eco-friendly" as possible. For me, this means pulling weeds by hand, mulching, using compost, following correct watering techniques, encouraging beneficial insects, and working to remove invasive plants.

When your gardens are weeded, cleaned up, and refreshed, it's easier to relax and enjoy nature in your little corner of the world.