As promised, I delivered–one California native wildflower rock garden, in one afternoon.

It started with a previously dug foundation and rock ledge by E.  After clearing it of weeds, I lay out large cardboard sheets, and arranged large rocks in semi-circles to anchor it and create a raised bed.  Then I poured in gravel, rocks, sand, perlite, pine bark mulch, compost/manure, and topsoil.  This should provide some good drainage.  Finally, I planted wildflower seeds from R&B in CA.  The top tier has poppies, the bottom tier a mix of blue and gold wildflowers.  Above the ledge I planted some hens-and-chicks (a succulent) just for fun.  Now we wait to see if anything happens.

While I was at it, I re-mulched the front maple tree, and took some pictures of some favorite perennials.