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Proposed Landscape Plan, 1025 Hudson Avenue: 1. Plant new River Birch on Northeast corner of lawn. (Added interest and to act as a screen for the rental property and alley, both located across the street. River Birch is native to Indiana.) 2. Install random bluestone path across lawn and along neighbor's driveway on East side of home. Gaps between stones will be filled with steppable herbs, including but not limited to creeping thyme and lemon thyme. (The neighbor's driveway is very narrow and over the last 6 years, there have been four owners of the home and all have unintentionally, but repeatedly, driven on my lawn related to the narrowness of the driveway which results in a rut and dead grass. Five out of the last six years I have attempted to fill in the rut and plant new grass. The bluestone path would be easier to maintain and more aesthetically appealing. Also, the mail carriers continuously cut across the front lawn, instead of using the city sidewalks, which has resulted in a wom path across the lawn. The bluestone path across the front lawn would be more aesthetically pleasing and would be placed in an area that is already used as a natural foot path by 1, mail carriers, and next-door neighbors — it would also ease the use of, and designate a path from my driveway.) 3. Install random bluestone path across tree lawn. (Would allow people more ease to home when parking along street.) 4. Install narrow brick border around tree lawn. ;Please Note: The brick border in the plan is not to scale related to a limit in the architect's computer software — the border will be two bricks deep, not what it appears on the plan. (Per landscape architect, nothing will grow in the first 18 inches of soil closest to the road related to road salts. — I get a particularly heavy build-up in the winter because all the snow from the alley across the street is piled into my tree lawn. Also, this is an area that is repeatedly driven over by neighbors and no grass will grow — see # 2.) 5. Replace existing front steps, connecting city sidewalk and residential sidewalk. Steps to be same size, shape, and material (concrete) and to be faced with brick to match existing sidewalk connecting steps to the residence' steps. (Work to be completed in Spring or Summer 2005 simultaneously with city sidewalk replacement. I and four surrounding neighbors have applied to the city's grant program for assistance with sidewalk replacement.) 6. New plantings per landscape plans: a. 1 Wisteria (over pergola) b. 3 Dwarf Mugho.Pine c. 2 Dwarf Buring Bush d. 4 Cotoneaster Royal Beauty e. 1 Annabell Hydrangea f. 2 Tardive Hydrangea g. 1 St. John's Wort h. 1 Viburnum Carlesii i. 1 Dwarf Alberta Spruce j. 4 Dwarf Fountain Grass k. Mixed perennials throughout the planting beds; including but not limited to: daffodils, crocus, tulips, iris, etc. - will plan on a color scheme of blue/violet, yellow and white. 1. Plant groundcover in tree lawn, possibly euonymus or myrtle. (I have sodded the tree lawn twice over the last four years. The tree lawn receives intense sun and heat throughout the summer and large salt build-up in the winter: I have been unsuccessful with maintaining grass in this area. See 92 and #4. / Please note: three of my surrounding neighbors have expressed interest in also replacing the grass in their tree lawns with the same groundcover that I choose. This would greatly improve the aesthetic of this street and would add continuity.)