Fall presents a transition stage for your landscape. Yards and gardens continue growth cycles begun in the Spring, but then begin adapting to the dormancy of the Winter months. Here is a recently completed initial cleanup of a property so we could begin our standard maintenance contract work. These initial cleanup activities included fresh mulch, … Continue reading Fall Prep
Our guys were out in force last week on a big job: pruning the large, stately evergreens at the entrance of Eaton's Crossing. The 28 Green Giant Arborvitaes and 21 Leyland Cypresses required about all the tools we have for this sort of work -- an aerial lift, pole saw, chain saw, and extended gas … Continue reading Pruning at Eaton’s Crossing
Extreme summer heat is here and here to stay. The same thing happened last year, so it seemed like a good time to re-post the advice we gave you last summer on how to care for your lawn in these trying times. Click here for information on warm season grasses (Zoysia, Centipede, or Bermuda). Click … Continue reading Summer Heat & Your Lawns
Seen one paver patio/walkway, you've seen them all? Not true; every bit of paver work we do is a customized design for a particular property. Here's an example. This current project involved no less than 10 separate paver configurations, using upwards of five different paver materials. You will also see nighttime safety and accent lighting … Continue reading Custom Designed Paver Patios & Walkways
Congratulations to our Maintenance Crews! This Spring is one of the driest on record, with rainfall some 6” below normal. And yet our crews have worked hard and delivered lawns in tip top shape to our customers. Seeing is believing. Here are photos taken just yesterday. Outstanding, Guys! 30 years! - We've served the Lake … Continue reading The Maintenance Division Delivers!
Nature nurtures and grows our landscapes, and we are thankful for her bounty. But she will also throw us curve balls in the form of extreme weather. In this case, it was historic low temperatures in January and February of this year that has resulted in significant cold damage to our gardens and plant beds. … Continue reading Winter, 2026: Cold Damage to Landscape Plants
Here is a customer we have worked with for years. Our latest efforts involved stone curbing on their driveway and rip-rap drainage controls. But earlier, we installed an expansive series of stone paver patios and walkways on the Lakeside of the house. Here is the upper patio, overlooking the patio complex below. It is a … Continue reading Multi-Level Stone Paver Patios
