Joy - Do you have a website? I would love to see what your gardens look like now!
I live on a residential lot (1/4 acre). With a house in the middle. I am squeezing in beds all over the place because I have the obsession for daylily hybridizing, I garden for butterflies & hummingbirds, but I also like all kinds of other plants from trees to herbs and many plants in-between. All squeezed on a lot. I do still have room for more beds! At my age ... I am focusing on the hardscaping and the big plants (trees and shrubs) while I can still do that kind of hard work. I am getting up there in age now and know I am on a time clock before I will no longer be able to lift heavy bags of soil or concrete (which is my hardscaping material of choice), as well as all the planting stuff. I am calling it my 5 year plan. Get it all done within 5 more years (if I am lucky).
I can NOT imagine moving 100's of daylilies. That must have been quite a feat. I commend you for doing such a tremendous job like that! THAT is what I call a labor of love!