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By <a href="http://www.shedstyle.com"><u>Debra Prinzing</u></a><br>
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What to do when your yard is an unwanted sea of concrete? Landscape designer <a href="http://www.sbgardendesign.com"><u>Stephanie Bartron</u></a> offers a solution. For about $1,000, you can hire a concrete saw operator for a day and cut out sections of patio or driveway to create eye-pleasing patterns filled with ground cover or decorative rock. The technique not only can yield eye-pleasing results, but also can reduce rainwater runoff.

( Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times )

By Debra Prinzing

What to do when your yard is an unwanted sea of concrete? Landscape designer Stephanie Bartron offers a solution. For about $1,000, you can hire a concrete saw operator for a day and cut out sections of patio or driveway to create eye-pleasing patterns filled with ground cover or decorative rock. The technique not only can yield eye-pleasing results, but also can reduce rainwater runoff.

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