Awww. Your poor mom. Blood, sweat, and tears went into that yard. I could not drive by my parent's house I sold when I moved to my condo in 2020. Finally, when I did, I saw they yanked out about 30 shrubs from the front including the huge rhododendron my dad brought from my grandparent's yard in 1958. I had to get over it. The place looks like 20 people live there with a jalopy for each. Sad.