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A backyard pool bordered by a brick wall with new plantings along the base

Landscape renovation

Backyard Renovation After a Pool Build: Drainage, Sod and Beds in Baton Rouge

A backyard left as bare dirt after a pool build: drainage and weed barrier in the side yard, travertine stepping stones in slate gravel, new sod and planting beds along the brick wall.

Where
Baton Rouge area
Photographed
Spring 2024
Crew
Hernandez Lawnscape, owner-led
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The problem

  • Pool construction left the whole yard as compacted dirt and gravel.
  • The side yard between the house and fence was the natural low point.
  • Everything had to work around a new fence, a brick wall and fresh coping.
A bare backyard beside a new pool before landscaping
Before
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What we built

  1. Step 1

    Graded the yard so it falls away from the slab and the pool deck.

  2. Step 2

    Weed barrier, dark slate gravel and travertine stepping stones down the side yard so it drains and stays clean.

  3. Step 3

    New sod in the main yard and planting beds along the brick wall behind the spa.

Pool contractors leave when the pool is done. What is left is usually raw dirt, a fence line, and a side yard that turns into a creek every time it rains. This project is what finishing that yard looks like.

The crew started with grade. Then the side yard: weed barrier fabric, slate gravel that drains, and travertine stepping stones so the path from the gate to the pool stays out of the mud. The main yard got new sod, and the beds along the brick wall were planted so the pool has something green to look at besides the neighbor's fence.

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The result

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A bare backyard beside a new pool before landscaping
A freshly installed lawn bordered by a new fence, a brick wall and a flagstone patio
BeforeAfter
Before: A bare backyard beside a new pool before landscaping

Job photos

From the crew’s phones and the drone

  • The crew grading a backyard beside a new pool before turf
  • Weed barrier fabric laid along a side yard before gravel and stepping stones
  • Travertine stepping stones set in dark slate gravel along a narrow side yard
  • New shrubs planted along a brick wall behind a spa and pool

Every photo on this page is from this Hernandez Lawnscape job. Nothing is stock and nothing is generated.

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