Slowly turning my lawns into garden beds. Used both strategies of ripping up sod (instant garden bed, labor intensive) or using sheet mulching (raises soil line, keeps organic matter from dead grass). Highly recommend waiting out for a load of cedar mulch from a local arborist for top dressing. Super excited for everything to grow. I try to buy mostly native plants from local nurseries and not one plant has died, they're tough and hard to kill!
The one issue is filling in all the space with perennials haha, that gets expensive quick!
by SuppleOctopus