Paver patios & walkways; plant beds and plants; and an irrigation system to nourish it all - that's what this customer wanted. And Ben's Creek delivered. We include some before photos below to give you a sense of our crew's achievements. The irrigation system is a Rainbird ESP 9 zone irrigation system providing fully automated … Continue reading New Patio, Plants, & Sod – A Winning Combination
We just received some January lawncare tips for both warm & cool-season grasses from our friends at Super-Sod. Warm-Season Lawns Here are some highlights. Or you can read the whole thing here. Super-Sod reminds at the outset what you already know about your Bermuda, Centipede, Zoysia, or St. Augustine lawns: "Your warm-season lawn should be … Continue reading January Lawn Tips
The Spirit of Christmas was in evidence at Ben's Creek's annual Christmas Party, as Robert and Treva Neville hosted a wonderful night for all the employees in downtown Roanoke Rapids. Many thanks also to Tony Floyd of Cricket's Sports Bar & Grill (aka, Cricket's Dart Room) for opening his doors for this annual event. It … Continue reading The Spirit of Christmas
Ben's Creek can do a complete landscape plan, but how about finishing work, cleaning up and supplementing the landscape after a customer builds a new addition on their home? That's what we did for this customer. New sod, plant beds, fill dirt and gravel, all of it to clean up the landscaping mess that new … Continue reading Finishing Work
You have a big project in mind? Ben's Creek Nursery does big - and we mean, BIG. This was new construction by Williams Custom Homes in which we did all the exterior landscaping work. The project involved a massive retaining wall to support an extensive patio/pool/firepit structure overlooking the Lake. Lakeside topography demanded an innovative … Continue reading An Epic Lakeside Project
We just posted on the use of boulders, rocks, and stones as landscape design elements. Here is a maintenance customer that implemented that idea on a grand scale! But first, let's take a look at what our maintenance crews can do. Here are photos from a month or so back of the front lawn after … Continue reading Landscaping on the Lake
Rocks rock - when it comes to our yard and garden. Rocks come in all sizes and shapes, from LARGE decorative boulders, anchoring a stonework planting bed ... ... to small Delaware Chalet River Stone, protecting and embellishing garden plants. But first, where do rocks come from? They are frequently found in the wild, … Continue reading Landscape Design – Boulders, Rocks, Stones, & Gravel
