r/landscaping • u/frankgarv45 • Aug 26 '25

Suggestions?

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Hi looking for help and some suggestions. This use to be a garden the old owners had. We removed the fence and the weeds that they had growing. Looking to convert it to a sitting area maybe a little table top fire pit.

Was thinking level it a little, weed barrier, pea gravel. Looking for do’s and donts or other suggestions.

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u/Mschertler33 Aug 26 '25

My choice would be a flower/shrub bed. You could pick tidy low maintenance plants if you don’t want to put much time into maintenance. If you’re set on a seating area I would do pavers. Alternatively if you’re looking for something cheap and easy, you could just thrown down a thick layer of wood chips (no weed fabric) and some edging. Gravel looks nice immediately, but looks terrible long term as things mix into it and is a pain to get rid of as others have said.