When you've got slope issues (as many Lake owners do) a retaining wall is the way to go. But before the wall goes up, there is a lot of ground to cover, so to speak. Here are some great pictures of our crews swarming to the task of moving dirt with heavy machinery, hand tools, … Continue reading Slope Control
What is better than a lakeside patio? How about two lakeside patios! That's what our guys just completed. They built two River Street Lafitt 3 piece multi-color patios, one 20' in diameter and the other 18', and connected them with two tan natural stone steps 10' wide. On the lower patio, our crew installed a … Continue reading Twice the Fun
Our crews were into some supplemental work for this customer. Last year we built a football length stone paver walkway, with a lake lookout station centered around a firepit about halfway down. Here's the firepit area when we finished this project last year. Here's what we just completed: two 18' long Colonial Castle Manor Grana … Continue reading Firepit & Patio
If you want a quick survey of almost all the things that Ben's Creek Nursery does, the best way is to just follow our man Chewy around. Chewy is the swiss army knife of landscape work. He can drive the heaviest equipment, wields all the basic tools of the craft from chain-saws to shovels, and … Continue reading What We Do
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
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
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
