Dear Citysilvia, I feel your pain. My rock garden that I posted as problem #2 in this forum was destroyed by our local utility company as part of a city construction project less than 6 months after I received a community award for it. I took them to task and they had to restore it, except you can't really restore mature landscaping. I cried all summer and am still sick about it. I can imagine you are too. I hate to lose anything, but when it represents that much blood, sweat and tears, it is really devastating. I'm so sorry!