G ard en

Style

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budget

Margie Grace is a pro

at creating stylish landscape elements with inexpensive materials.

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BASIC BENCH

Salvaged brick-wall caps topped with an irregular-

shape slab of stone from a local stone retailer cost about '$35.

PENNY-PINCHING PAVING

These 2x2-foot pavers cost about $20

each at a home improvement store. The result is cheaper than a

poured concrete patio. Plus, you can grow groundcover between^ \

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the pavers, and reuse them elsewhere in the future.

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JULY

2010

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