That looks really good Chris are your landscapers expensive there, we got a quote from one here and a family friend at that and it was $7,000.00 so we decided to d it our self so I guess to be honest it will never be done as we are brown thumbs too.
The blue green evergreen is a bulbous blue spruce. It will stay low to the ground. And @ftse100, I will be brown bagging my lunch for quite a while after this, but it was well worth the expense!