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Welcome to our landscaping blog where we provide tips and ideas to create a beautiful outdoor space. Our team of experts has years of experience in the industry and we are passionate about designing functional and visually appealing landscapes. Whether you’re a seasoned landscaper or a beginner, our blog has something for everyone. Read more to learn about landscaping tips and topics!
4 Benefits of Raised Garden Beds
Custom designed and installed raised garden beds by Plant Life Designs. Product: Highland retaining wall stone. Soil Control. The luxury of importing good soil.Height Control. Beds at 18" or more are less likely to fill with weed seeds as their seeds tend to travel in...
Beet & Parsnip Salad
Serves Six: Ingredients for Salad: 2 TBSP sugar 1 tsp salt 1/4 c. sherry vinegar 3 medium beets, peeled and sliced into thick matchsticks 3 medium parsnips, peeled and cut crosswise into thin rounds 1 apple, cored and thinly sliced handful of baby kale leaves...
The Marriage of Materials
The natural stone of the pillars, combined with the cedar pergola, coupled with the concrete dining table atop the carpet of unilock pavers, gives this outdoor space an exceptionally timeless look and is a beautiful marriage of materials. These elements not only look...
Focal Points: Attracting attention in the landscape.
Focal points can be implemented into your home landscape in many different ways. Here are a few examples of focal points in the garden! Solitary Objects A larger than life garden trowel draws attention to this perennial garden filled with geranium and coneflowerPhoto...
A Three Tier Option
We have all seen it, and we may even be living with it. The new construction homes being built these days incorporate a standard element; the wooden deck that towers over the yard as it is placed over the walkout basement. With this common deck design, lack of...
Offering Solutions
Before When we first visited this yard, our clients had just put on a new beautiful deck. After the construction on the deck was complete, the yard was left with a mix of river rock, some spotty turf and a pile of old materials from the renovation. With the grade...
White Winter Salad
Recipe taken from '66 Square Feet' by Marie Viljoen Serves Six FOR THE SALAD: 5 cups of thinly sliced white vegetables (parsnips, turnips, radishes, etc) 1 Honeycrisp apple, cored and thinly sliced, sprinkled with lemon juice FOR THE DRESSING: 2 TBSP fresh lemon juice...
2018 Year In Review
A Wreath Class to Remember!
Our guests had a memorable evening in the greenhouse, learning and creating a fresh holiday wreath for their home. We all enjoyed meeting new faces and seeing familiar ones. It was definitely a night to remember. Cheers to the holiday season and to "living among...
2018 Winter Wreath Festival
What a beautiful day kicking off the holiday season with friends, family and fresh greenery! We always look forward to this event as it brings everyone together after the growing season for a time to reconnect before the winter season sets in. Cheers to the holidays!...