A bit of stonework and mulch combined with newly installed and hanging mums can do wondrous things to a driveway entrance. Thinking about freshening up your landscape with new material or mulch? Contact us! Preston McElheney
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Maintenance News
Summer heat and the rain/drought cycle can present special problems for lawn maintenance, but apparently not for our crews. Check out the results of a recent visit to this special property. Among other things, note the razor's edge between grass and pavers in the photos below. Good job on the edging, guys! Click on any … Continue reading Maintenance News
Possibilities Realized
Following up on our previous post, let's walk the walk of this finished project, beginning with the driveway. Click on any picture to get a closer look. Here is the transition walk, to the patio under the house. This is the new patio/fire pit, with matching walks connecting the lower patio and the porch steps. … Continue reading Possibilities Realized
Possibilities
Some look at lake lots and see nothing but problems; our design team sees nothing but possibilities. Here is what we saw when we began this project. The fixed points we began our work with were the driveway, boathouse, firepit, and the house itself - we wanted to connect these elements with a complex of … Continue reading Possibilities
Plants & Patio
We begin with the driveway entrance wherein we replaced existing timber supports on the right and left of the driveway with Castle Manor Grana Grey retaining walls, and installed Red Knock Out Roses and Miss Huff Lantana in a mulch of NC Long Leaf Pine Needles. We cleaned up this 15' x 118' area and … Continue reading Plants & Patio
Walkway
People like their homes and their Lake, and a sturdy walkway to segue from one to the other. Additionally, with the right high-end materials and skilled people that know how to use them, a walkway can inject a note of natural elegance into a decidedly practical structure. Here is a recently completed example using Belgard … Continue reading Walkway
Pool Party!
The latest from our crews: a patio adjunct to a state of the art liquid cooling system - aka a pool and patio! It's unarguable that floating in a patio pool is the perfect vantage point from which to view our beautiful Lake. There is a lot of expertise and effort underlying this pristine appearance. … Continue reading Pool Party!