[Noah930]

I DIY'd a similar small project. I dug up the plants with a shovel, and went down into the ground about 2 inches. Borrowed a wheelbarrow from a neighbor. Laid down a roll of weedblocker (purchased from HD/Lowes), picked out some succulents from a nursery and planted them, then covered the whole bit with about 3000 lbs of decorative gravel. Knowing I needed a lot of the rock, I skipped purchasing it from HD/Lowes and instead got it from a builders supply lot. They charge $335/ton, plus $75 for delivery (unless you've got a way to bring home a palleted bag of gravel). Far cheaper (HD/Lowes sells stuff by 40-lb bags or by bags of a certain cubic foot, but not in bulk quantities) and a much, much better selection of rock to be had at a builders supply lot. The hardest part for a novice like me was guesstimating how much rock I needed. I looked at some online calculators, but in the end had to wing it a bit.