Here are some recent upgrades, involving new foundation and garden plantings, catch-basins and French drains to control water flows, night-lighting, and pressure washing existing patio surfaces - among general cleanup and mulching work. Click on any photo to get a closer look. See something you like? Contact us!
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Cleanup & Mulch
On this job, we cleaned out all plant beds and removed leaf accumulations and debris ... … and then spread more than 50 cubic yards of triple shredded hardwood mulch along the driveway, foundation, and around the house to the lake front. And we also pruned the existing shrub and plants. Still to come: we … Continue reading Cleanup & Mulch
In The Beginning …
You are just in time to get in on the ground floor of a complete landscaping project. This new home is finished, and now it is up to us to do something with a yard full of red clay. This project entails grading, new sod, specimen trees and foundation shrubs, together with guttering, an irrigation … Continue reading In The Beginning …
Bold Boulders
We had occasion the other day to do some upgrades for one of our existing customers. We added fresh mulch and new plants to their well established yardscape, and also some large decorative boulders to match some existing rocks. As a bonus, here are photos of existing Biloxi crape myrtles, Nellie Stevens hollies, and Green … Continue reading Bold Boulders
Follow Up
Like pitching and the golf swing, it's the follow through that's critical in landscape work. Our crews can tackle a job and produce amazing things for our customers, but it's all for naught unless we follow through and complete the finishing touches. Fortunately, follow through is what our guys do best! Here's an example from … Continue reading Follow Up
Turf Alert!
For those of you not on our active maintenance email list, here is an important notice we recently sent regarding the appearance of grassy weeds this spring season. Due to the record-setting wet weather this past Fall and Winter, we are seeing a lot of wheatstraw and poa annua (annual bluegrass) germinating in our fescue … Continue reading Turf Alert!
Gilding the Lily
'Gilding the lily' is actually a misquotation of Shakespeare (look it up!), but its popular meaning is plain enough: attempting to improve that which is already beautiful. That is what our crews were asked to do for this elegant property on the Lake. We'd like to claim credit for the stonework and all the large, … Continue reading Gilding the Lily
