So after almost 2 years of having nothing in our flower beds - we finally decided to do something about it. This turned into a 3 day project - but the end results makes us feel like we actually care about our home. Our next door neighbor's son came over and said, "So you guys are going to have more than just dirt in here now huh?" We laughed pretty hard. We are pretty pleased with the outcome. Here's what we did:

1. We leveled out (as much as possible) and weeded the beds.
2. Spread out weed fabric and re-set the border.
3. Planted some Indian White Hawthorns.
4. Replanted some other plants that were there previously.
5. Laid down some mulch.

BTW - for those that are doing this sort of thing: mulch does not go as far as you thing. Someone take a guess as to how many bags it took to fill this in - I'll even tell you that each bag was 2 cubic feet (Mike - put down the calculator you math nerd).