The landscapers have finished, and the year looks wonderful. The ended up hauling away 2.5 truckfuls of trees/branches/weeds/grapevines. They edged all around the yard, but left all the hostas around the garage & driveway. They cleaned up the area behind the garage & trimmed the rosebush.
They dug up and saved some of the sun-loving perenials, added some new plants, and re-planted them in the new raised flowerbed. On the shady side, we saved a few of those plants, replaced the (very rocky) dirt with new topsoil, and replanted that. Then they mulched everything.
I took before pictures, and I'll take the after pictures tomorrow-- I'll give them some time to recover.
If any of you can suggest a place to post photos, PM me.