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
Big or small, Ben's Creek Nursery can do the job. This project involved some specific, targeted upgrades. First, we needed to re-establish the driveway and parking area. To do so, we hauled in some 20 tons of crush and run gravel to create a 15' wide by 66' long gravel parking area/driveway. Here's the driveway/parking … Continue reading Targeted Upgrades
Lake property owners love their homes. And the surest sign of that is their willingness to invest in improvements and upgrades to a property that is already beautiful. Here's an example. We have delivered landscape services to this property for multiple owners over more than five years. Take a look at what's happened from 2020 … Continue reading Upgrades to a Home Over the Years
